Michael Albert

This article is about the economist. For the computer scientist, see Michael H. Albert.

Michael Albert
Michael Albert speaking at New York's annual Left Forum, 2007.
Born	April 8, 1947 (1947-04-08) (age 64)
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	American
Subjects	Politics, Economics
Notable work(s)	Moving Forward: Program for a Participatory Economy
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Michael Albert (born April 8, 1947) is an American activist, economist, speaker, and writer. He is co-editor of ZNet, and co-editor and co-founder of Z Magazine. He also co-founded South End Press and has written numerous books and articles. He developed along with Robin Hahnel the economic vision called participatory economics.

Albert identifies himself as a market abolitionist^[1] and favors democratic participatory planning as an alternative.^[2]

Albert is a member of Campaign for Peace and Democracy. During the 1960s, he was a member of Students for a Democratic Society, and was active in the anti-Vietnam War movement.

Albert's memoir, Remembering Tomorrow: From SDS to Life After Capitalism (ISBN 1583227423), was published in 2007 by Seven Stories Press.

Books

• What Is To Be Undone? (1974)
• Unorthodox Marxism with R. Hahnel (1978)
• Socialism Today and Tomorrow with R. Hahnel (1981)
• Marxism and Socialist Theory with R. Hahnel (1981)
• Liberating Theory with Holly Sklar, Lydia Sargent, Mel King, Robin Hahnel, Noam Chomsky and Leslie Cagan (1986)
• Quiet Revolution in Welfare Economics with R. Hahnel (1990)
• Looking Forward with R. Hahnel (1990)
• The Political Economy of Participatory Economics with R. Hahnel (1991)
• Stop the Killing Train: Radical Visions for Radical Change (1994)
• Thinking Forward: Learning To Conceptualize Economic Vision (1997)
• Moving Forward: Program for a Participatory Economy (2001)
• Parecon: Life After Capitalism (2002)
• The Trajectory of Change: Activist Strategies for Social Transformation (2002)
• Thought Dreams: Radical Theory for the 21st Century (2004)
• Realizing Hope: Life beyond Capitalism (2006)
• Remembering Tomorrow: From SDS to Life After Capitalism, A Memoir (2007)

See also

• Participatory politics
• Participatory economics
• Market abolitionism
• Z Communications
• Complementary holism
• Left-wing politics

References

1. ^ Market Madness. Z-Mag, 13 July 2004.
2. ^ Albert, Michael There Is An Alternative. ZNet, July 27, 2005.

External links

• Michael Albert discusses memoir with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!, April 17, 2007 (video, audio, and print transcript)
• Parecon (Participatory Economics)
• Interview with Michael Albert in Imagineer magazine about the American economy and his proposal for a more effective economic alternative.

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