Michael Albert and I developed our utopian model of a participatory economy
in large part in response to our historical evaluation of the strengths and
weaknesses of the Soviet, Chinese, Yugoslavian, and Cuban experiences. We
wrote about those experiences for 2/3 of a book -- Socialism Today and
Tomorrow (SEP 1981) -- before offering any utopian ideas for 1/3 of the
same book. I have taught comparative socialism for over 20 years and visited
Cuba 3 times. I have spent 6 weeks in work with Cuban planners at JUCEPLAN.
My utopian ideas are NOT UNBASED in 20th century real world experiences.
Louis, you talk too often before you know of what you speak.
