Category Archives: Alternative Economics

Celebration, abundance and resistance are part of our nature!

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Marc

One day in Vancity is equal to about 300 days in Portland! Celebration, cooperation, abundance and resistance are part of our nature as antibodies are part of our bodies! Here are links to “Philosophical Reflections on the Economic Crisis” and … Continue reading →

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Changing Consciousness: New Paradigms Needed!

Posted on October 21, 2017 by Marc

Unlike a chair, an idea can be shared by a whole people! How exciting to be living in a time crying for alternative economics, reduced working hours, shriveling the financial sector, expanding the public sector, becoming cloud- workers, translators, editors, … Continue reading →

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Alternative Economics and Philosophical Reflections

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Marc

I’m in a great euphoria with two books available from Amazon Kindle in 72 hours. You can order the two eBooks “Philosophical Reflections on the Economic Crisis” ($3.99) and “Alternative Economics: Reversing Stagnation” ($3.99) from amazon.com. You can download their … Continue reading →

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Philosophical Reflections on the Economic Crisis by Marc Batko

Posted on August 20, 2017 by Marc

GRIN.com is a Munich publisher with 188K eBooks and dissertations and offers reading samples of all the dissertations. A universe of knowledge and enlightenment opens up. Enjoy the feast! http://www.grin.com/en/e-book/373028/philosophical-reflections-on-the-economic-crisis

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Time on our Side, 30 page introduction

Posted on August 8, 2017 by Marc

Time is on our Side, 30 page introduction by Anna Coote, 2013 On Shortening the Work Week The New Economics Foundation, UK http://b.3cdn.net/nefoundation/aefb306fbab76f46ca_1im6i20sk.pdf Have you ever wondered why you’re so busy, where your time goes, or how much your time … Continue reading →

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Video: Principles of a Pluralist Commonwealth – Gar Alperovitz, 1 hr 10 min

Posted on July 30, 2017 by Marc

https://www.c-span.org/video/?429340-2%2Fprinciples-pluralist-commonwealth Gar Alperovitz talked about his book Principles of a Pluralist Commonwealth, in which he argues that the U.S. needs an economic and political system that departs from both capitalism and socialism. BookTV.org is a treasure going back more than … Continue reading →

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Memorandum 2017: Alternatives for a Solidarity Europe: Instead of “Germany First”

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Marc

Memorandum 2017: Alternatives for a Solidarity Europe: Instead of “Germany First” http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2017/06/434822.shtml The European Union is at a crossroads. The reason lies in the neoliberal redistribution policy favoring capital incomes for many years. “Mass unemployment intensified and was not ended … Continue reading →

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E-Book “Alternative Economics” for only $3.99

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Marc

The 159-page e-Book “Alternative Economics: Reversing Stagnation” is yours for only $3.99 with the coupon code PU68W until June 4, 2017. Enjoy the feast! Celebrate your independence! https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/627516

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E-Book “Alternative Economics: Reversing Stagnation” only $3.99 until June 4

Posted on May 9, 2017 by Marc

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/627516 coupon code PU68W This is a 159-page eBook with Austrian, Swiss, Polish and German critical economists. Mainstream trickle-down economics is helpless in reversing exploding inequality or precarious work. Enjoy the feast! Celebrate your independence! A Future-Friendly Economics is Possible … Continue reading →

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Competition Ideology and Power Reality by Heinz-J. Bontrup

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Marc

Competition Ideology and Power Reality by Heinz-J. Bontrup https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/05/01/18799000.php Competition cannot be an end-in-itself. Uncontrolled private power leads to misuse.Uncontrolled competition increasingly destroys itself through concentration and centralization processes and does not guarantee any optimal economic and social development. People … Continue reading →

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