Download or read book Parecon written by Michael Albert and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'What do you want?' is a constant query put to economic and globalization activists decrying current poverty, alienation and degradation. In this highly praised new work, destined to attract worldwide attention and support, Michael Albert provides an answer: Participatory Economics, 'Parecon' for short, a new economy, an alternative to capitalism, built on familiar values including solidarity, equity, diversity and people democratically controlling their own lives, but utilizing original institutions fully described and defended in the book.