The Accumulation of Freedom : Writings on Anarchist Economics

The Only Crisis Of Capitalism Is Capitalism Itself. Let's Toss Credit Default Swaps, Bailouts, Environmental Externalities And, While We're At It, Private Ownership Of Production In The Dustbin Of History. The Accumulation Of Freedom Brings Together Economists, Historians, Theorists, And Activists For A First-of-its-kind Study Of Anarchist Economics. The Editors Aren't Trying To Subvert The Notion Of Economics—they Accept The Standard Definition, But Reject The Notion That Capitalism Or Central Planning Are Acceptable Ways To Organize Economic Life. Preface / By Ruth Kinna -- Introduction: Anarchist Economics: A Holistic View / By Deric Shannon, Anthony J. Nocella, Ii, And John Asimakopoulos -- Part 1: History. Examining The History Of Anarchist Economics To See The Future / By Chris Spannos -- Laying The Foundations: Proudhon's Contribution To Anarchist Economics / By Iain Mckay -- Part 2: Analysis. Capitalism In The 2000s / By Abbey Volcano And Deric Shannon -- Fight To Win! Tools For Confronting Capital / By Jeff Monaghan And D.t. Cochrane -- Escaping Capitalist Hegemony: Rereading Western Economies / By Richard J. White And Colin C. Williams -- Part 3: Critique. Globalized Contradictions Of Capitalism And The Imperative For Epochal Change / By John Asimakopoulos -- The Economic Crisis And Libertarian Socialists / By Robin Hahnel -- Education's Diminishing Returns And Revolutionary Potential In The United States And Beyond / By William T. Armaline And William D. Armaline -- Part 4: Practice. Anarchist Economics In Practice / By Uri Gordon -- Currency And Café Anarchy: Do-it-yourself Economics And Participatory Resistance To Global Capitalism / By Caroline Kaltefleiter -- Part 5: Resistance. Occupy, Resist, Produce! Lessons From Latin America's Occupied Factories / By Marie Trigona -- Call It An Uprising: People Of Color And The Third World Organize Against Capitalism / By Ernesto Aguilar -- Part 6: Vision. Chopping Off The Invisible Hand: Internal Problems With Markets And Anarchist Theory, Strategy, And Vision / By Deric Shannon -- Ditching Class: The Praxis Of Anarchist Communist Economics / By Scott Nappalos -- The Anarchist Method: An Experimental Approach To Post-capitalist Economies / By Wayne Price -- Afterword: Porous Borders Of Anarchist Vision And Strategy / By Michael Albert. Edited By Derek Shannon, Anthony J. Nocella, And John Asimakopoulos. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Preface by Ruth Kinna Introduction: Anarchist Economics: A Holistic View by Deric Shannon, Anthony J. Nocella, II, and John Asimakopoulos History Examining the History of Anarchist Economics to See the Future by Chris Spannos Laying the Foundations: Proudhon’s Contribution to Anarchist Economics by Iain McKay Analysis Capitalism in the 2000s by Abbey Volcano and Deric Shannon Fight to Win! Tools for Confronting Capital by Jeff Monaghan and D.T. Cochrane Escaping Capitalist Hegemony: Rereading Western Economies by Richard J. White and Colin C. Williams Critique Globalized Contradictions of Capitalism and the Imperative for Epochal Change by John Asimakopoulos The Economic Crisis and Libertarian Socialists by Robin Hahnel Education’s Diminishing Returns and Revolutionary Potential in the United States and Beyond by William T. Armaline and William D. Armaline Practice Anarchist Economics in Practice by Uri Gordon Currency and.Café Anarchy: Do-it-Yourself Economics and Participatory Resistance to Global Capitalism by Caroline Kaltefleiter Resistance Occupy, Resist, Produce! Lessons from Latin America’s Occupied Factories by Marie Trigona Call It an Uprising: People of Color and the Third World Organize against Capitalism by Ernesto Aguilar Vision Chopping Off the Invisible Hand: Internal Problems with Markets and Anarchist Theory, Strategy, and Vision by Deric Shannon Ditching Class: The Praxis of Anarchist Communist Economics by Scott Nappalos The Anarchist Method: An Experimental Approach to Post-Capitalist Economies by Wayne Price Afterword Porous Borders of Anarchist Vision and Strategy by Michael Albert Postscript Contributor Biographies Index

The only crisis of capitalism is capitalism itself. Let's toss credit default swaps, bailouts, environmental externalities and, while we're at it, private ownership of production in the dustbin of history. The Accumulation of Freedom brings together economists, historians, theorists, and activists for a first-of-its-kind study of anarchist economics. The editors aren't trying to subvert the notion of economics—they accept the standard definition, but reject the notion that capitalism or central planning are acceptable ways to organize economic life.

Contributors include Robin Hahnel, Iain McKay, Marie Trigona, Chris Spannos, Ernesto Aguilar, Uri Gordon, and more.