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Abundance: A spiritual treatise on radical economics

Sean G. Carver, Ph.D.

My spiritual treatise on radical economics shows the world how to organize human society to engage in a massive collaboration to maximize love, fulfillment, and forgiveness. My working definition of "radical" is "advocating a complete or far-reaching change."

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Imagine organizing human society into a massive collaboration to maximize love, fulfillment, and forgiveness. Imagine most of the world's population fully engaged in improving the lives of everyone. I have spent more than 20 years thinking deeply about the problem of how to accomplish this feat, while reading widely, participating in religious and activist groups, and discussing my ideas with people across the political spectrum. I am now ready to offer my thoughts to the world.

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Sean G. Carver, Ph.D.

Sean Carver does data science for a small company in Virginia and previously taught mathematics and statistics at American University in Washington DC.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Aim

Parecon

  1. Participatory Scholastics
  2. Evolving Relationships
  3. Axiom 1: Remuneration According to Effort and Sacrifice
  4. Discussion of Parecon’s Axioms
  5. Utopia?
  6. Our Interconnected Human Family
  7. Axiom 2: Remuneration According to Need
  8. Axiom 3: Balanced Job Complexes
  9. Axiom 4: Producer Councils
  10. Axiom 5: Decisions made by those affected
  11. Axiom 6: Nested Council Structure
  12. Education: Who Produces, Who Consumes?
  13. Incentives From Job Complex Balancing
  14. Axiom 7: Consumer Councils
  15. Axiom 8: Benefits Go to Those who Suffer Costs; Costs Go to Those who Enjoy Benefits
  16. Axiom 9: Participatory Planning for Allocation
  17. Balancing Job Complexes Through Participatory Planning
  18. Accurate Assessment of The True Costs of Goods And Services
  19. Participatory Planning and Education
  20. Consumers Pay Only Marginal Costs; Free in Many Cases
  21. Axiom 10: Government
  22. Results of Parecon’s Axioms
  23. Result 1: Equity
  24. Result 2: Solidarity
  25. Result 3: Diversity
  26. Result 4: Freedom
  27. Result 5: Efficiency
  28. Result 6: Sustainability

Belecon

  1. Belecon’s one amendment to Parecon’s vision
  2. Why Belecon makes good strategy for Parecon
  3. Inspiration: Evangelists versus Leftists
  4. Societal Transformation Benefits from Self-Transformation
  5. When Many Beloved Councils Exist Amid Capitalism
  6. Beloved Councils in a Fully-Formed Beloved Economy
  7. Maximizing Love, Fulfillment, and Forgiveness

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