A short discussion of what anarchist economics could be. While there is no “Anarchist” economics as such, there are works on economics by anarchists to build upon. It indicates that there are two aspects of this subject — the economics of an anarchist society and an analysis and critique of capitalism. The two are interrelated, for what we oppose in capitalism would not exist within an anarchist economy. From 2018.
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Pinochet: Dead at last
One less evil dictator in the world. An evaluation of Pinochet’s neo-liberal regime.
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Being wrong is no hindrance when you empower the rich
An obituary for Milton Friedman. Being consistently wrong does not stop you being considered a great economist, as long as it is what the ruling elite wants to hear.
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Mutualism, yes and no
This was written in 2010 after a request from Shift Magazine for a communist-anarchist critique of mutualism. It focuses on Proudhon’s mutualism rather than the American version associated with Tucker (this is better termed Individualist Anarchism, I think). This was the immediate forerunner of revolutionary anarchism, specifically collectivist anarchism which later developed into communist anarchism, and shares much with it. Its title deliberately echoes Daniel Guérin’s Proudhon oui et non.
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The Economics of Anarchy
This is based on a talk give at the Radical Routes Conference “Practical Economics: radical alternatives to a failed economic system” on the 23rd May, 2009. Radical Routes is a network of co-operatives. It appeared in Black Flag (no. 230)
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