[lbo-talk] Parecon Discussion...

Michael Albert sysop at ZMAG.ORG
Tue Sep 23 15:36:43 PDT 2003



> 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...



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