Michael Albert

Michael Albert
Michael Albert speaking at New York's annual Left Forum, 2007.
Born	April 8, 1947 (1947-04-08) (age 62)
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, speaker, and writer, 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]

During the 1960s, Albert 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)
• 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 (2008)

See also

• Participatory politics
• Participatory economics
• Market abolitionism
• Coordinatorism
• Z Communications
• 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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Michael Albert

• Michael Albert discusses memoir with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!, April 17, 2007 (video, audio, and print transcript)
• Parecon (Participatory Economics)

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