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Michael Albert (born April 8, 1947) is an American activist, economist, speaker, and writer.

Biography
In 1965, Albert was a student at MIT. He became a member of Students for a Democratic Society and opposed the Vietnam War. He was expelled from MIT, in January 1970, for disruptive behaviour.

In 1991, Albert co-authored, with Robin Hahnel, The Political Economy of Participatory Economics. This outlined their ideas for participatory economics and included an economic model of the system. Doug Brown, writing in the Journal of Economic Issues said their alternative to markets was novel, but mainly of academic interest.

Albert was a founding member of the International Organization for a Participatory Society, in 2012.

Work
He is founder of Z Net and Z Magazine. He co-founded South End Press.

Beliefs
Albert identifies himself as a market abolitionist and believes they should be replaced with participatory economics.

Co-authored

 * 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) Princeton University Press ISBN 9780691003849

About Albert

 * Parecomic:The Story of Michael Albert and Participatory Economics, (2013) Sean Michael Wilson and Carl Thompson, Seven Stories Press ISBN 9781609804565