Archive for October, 2006

Solidarity Economics & Participatory Economics

Ethan Miller’s overview of solidarity economics in the July/August issue of Dollars & Sense has started a good discussion of the potential of Miller’s decentralized, action-oriented approach to transforming our economy and Michael Albert’s more fully theorized Participatory Economics model—essentially a model for participatory planning of a whole economy’s production. Miller asks: Can thousands of ...Read more.

See D&S at events in October

The Dollars & Sense collective will be at several events around the northeast this month. Find us at: The presenation of the 2006 Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought. Juliet Schor and Samuel Bowles are the recipients.Th October 5; 5-7:30pm; Coolidge Room, Ballou Hall, Tufts University Medford Campushttp://ase.tufts.edu/gdae/about_us/leontief06.html TransFair USA’s Free Trade ...Read more.

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