> it might be the other way around. i just think artists should
> be compensated in the same manner (not the same amount,
> neccesarily) as other intellectual work.
And in a parecon they are - and in the same manner as all work...
> so the way i understand it prices of things are determined by
> negotiations between worker and consumer councils? if so, why
> are consumer councils neccesary? that is if i understood correctly.
Well it is a summary -- but yes -- as a very succinct formulation the relative valuations arise from a kind of cooperative negotiation between consumers and producers councils...producers and consumers.
Why are consumers needed -- for whom is production. How does one know what is wanted unless the population, wearing its consumer hate, manifests its preferences...