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> So you see, I claim that work in a duly ordered community should be made attractive by the consciousness of usefulness, by its being carried on with intelligent interest, by variety, and by its being exercised amidst pleasurable surroundings.

- #WilliamMorris quoted in
#LookingForward by #MichaelAlbert and #RobinHahnel one of their #PareconBooks for thinking about a vision of a decent society. #Work #DecentWork

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There are a good number of great quotes in _Looking Forward_.:

> There are really not many jobs that actually require a penis or a vagina, and all other occupations should be open to everyone.

- #GloriaSteinem

quoted in #LookingForward by #MichaelAlbert and #RobinHahnel one of their #PareconBooks

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Brian SmallAug 27, 2023

From Looking Forware (Parecon Book)

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From Looking Forware (Parecon Book)

> That which we at present call laziness is, rather, the disgust which men [sic] feel over breaking their backs for beggars' salaries and being, moreover, lo...

bs2Aug 27, 2023
> ... to judge both traditional and new economic institutions, we will ask whether they subvert or promote:
1. Efficiency ..
2. Equity ..
3. Self-management ..
4. Solidarity ..
5. Variety (defined as a diversity of outcomes).
We will also ask if economic institutions impose any biases on individual choice that impede these five aims by charging people other than the true social opportunity costs for activities.
https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/zbooks/htdocs/books/1.htm
#PolPar #ParEcon #ParEconBooks #MichaelAlbert #RobinHahnel
Chapter 1 - Traditional Economies