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	(1947-04-08) April 8, 1947
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.

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

Albert identifies himself as a market abolitionist and favors participatory planning as an alternative. He developed, with Robin Hahnel, the economic vision called participatory economics. Albert has also been a moving force in the creation of the International Organization for a Participatory Society founded in 2012. He has a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Massachusetts and an undergraduate degree in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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

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.
• Text of a speech delivered to a CNT Sponsored gathering in Barcelona, Spain (on parecon)
• Anarchism?!