ANARCHISM AND THE ECONOMY

Question 1

Areas of similarity over the economy in terms of freedom

Answer 1

Economic freedom is central to the freedom of the individual

Question 2

Areas of similarity over the economy in terms of private ownership

Answer 2

Private ownership over the means of production is opposed as it creates an exploitative relationship between the few and the many

Question 3

Areas of similarity over the economy in terms of inequality

Answer 3

Inequality is opposed as it is a cause of conflict in society

Question 4

How do individualist anarchists see the economy in terms of private property

Answer 4

Stirner saw private property and capitalism as part of the “fixed ideals” that limit autonomy and so should be destroyed

Question 5

How do individualist anarchists see the economy in terms of equality

Answer 5

Stirner places a great importance on equality with “ Can they really be egoists who have banded together when one is a slave to the other?”

Question 6

How do individualist anarchists see the economy in terms of possessions

Answer 6

Proudhon made the case for possessions so that the individual is not forced to submit under the will of the collective. Possession is the basis of freedom

Question 7

How do individualist anarchists see the economy in terms of anarcho-capitalists

Answer 7

They are unique as they believe freedom can exist without equality

Question 8

How do collectivist anarchists see the economy in terms of private property

Answer 8

Proudhon and mutualists oppose private property and capitalism. Property replaced by possessions.

Question 9

How do individualist anarchists see the economy in terms of fruits of labour

Answer 9

Workers should keep the fruits of their labour. Exchange is based no on money but on labour notes which record the value of labour that went into that practice

Question 10

How do individualist anarchists see the economy in terms of cooperatives

Answer 10

Cooperatives are organised into voluntary federations that work together to support each other.

Question 11

How do individualist anarchists see the economy in terms of common ownership

Answer 11

All property under common ownership so that all products are at the disposal of teh whole community

Question 12

How do individualist anarchists see the economy in terms of self-management

Answer 12

Bakunin and kropotkin saw communes as self-managing but joining together voluntarily into federations on the basis of mutual aid