Who says economic science is dismal? Anarchists investigate an economics beyond capitalism.

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.

Preface: Ruth Kinna

Acknowledgments

Dedication

Introduction - Anarchist Economics: An Holistic View
Deric Shannon, Anthony J. Nocella, II, and John Asimakopoulos

PART 1. HISTORY

1. Examining the History of Anarchist Economics to See the Future
Chris Spannos

2. Laying the Foundations: Proudhon’s Contribution to Anarchist Economics: Iain Mackaye

PART 2. ANALYSIS

3. Capitalism in the 2000s: Abbey Willis and Deric Shannon

4. Fight to Win! Tools for Confronting Capital: Jeff Monaghan and D.T. Cochrane

5. Escaping Capitalist Hegemony: Re-reading Western Economies: Richard J. White and Colin C. Williams

PART 3. CRITIQUE

6. Globalized Contradictions of Capitalism and the Imperative for Epochal Change: John Asimakopoulos

7. The Economic Crisis and Libertarian Socialists: Robin Hahnel

8. Education’s Diminishing Returns and Revolutionary Potential in the US and Beyond: William T. Armaline and William D. Armaline

PART 4. PRACTICE

9. Anarchist Economics in Practice: Uri Gordon

10. Currency and Café Anarchy: Do-it-Yourself Economics and Participatory Resistance to Global Capitalism: Caroline Kaltefleiter

PART 5. RESISTANCE

11. Occupy, Resist, Produce!: Lessons From Latin America’s Occupied Factories: Marie Trigona

12. Call It An Uprising: People of Color and the Third World Organize Against Capitalism: Ernesto Aguilar

13. Raising the Curtain: Resistance, Culture, and Ideology: Deric Shannon

PART 6. VISION

14. Ditching Class: the praxis of anarchist communist economics: Todd Hamilton

15. The Anarchist Method: An Experimental Approach to Post-Capitalist Economies: Wayne Price

Afterword—Porous Borders of Anarchist Vision and Strategy: Michael Albert