Michael Albert
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This article is about the economist. For the computer scientist, see Michael H. Albert.
Michael Albert (born April 8, 1947) is a longtime 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, or parecon for short.
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.
[edit] See also
- participatory politics
- participatory economics
- Market abolitionism
- coordinatorism
- Z Communications
- left-wing politics
[edit] References
- ^ Market Madness. Z-Mag, 13 July 2004.
- ^ Albert, Michael There Is An Alternative. ZNet, July 27 2005.
[edit] External links
- Michael Albert discusses memoir with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!, April 17, 2007 (video, audio, and print transcript)
- ZNet
- Parecon (Participatory Economics)
- South End Press
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