User:Гармонический Мир/Michael Albert
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Michael Albert | |
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 Michael Albert speaking at New York's annual Left Forum, 2007. | |
| Born | April 8, 1947 |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
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| Notable works | 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.
Biography
[edit]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.[1][2]
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.[3][4] Doug Brown, writing in the Journal of Economic Issues said their alternative to markets was novel, but mainly of academic interest.[4]
Albert was a founding member of the International Organization for a Participatory Society, in 2012.[5]
Work
[edit]He is founder of Z Net and Z Magazine.[6] He co-founded South End Press.[1]
Beliefs
[edit]Albert identifies himself as a market abolitionist and believes they should be replaced with participatory economics.[7][8]
Bibliography
[edit]- What Is To Be Undone?, (1974)
- 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)
- The Trajectory of Change: Activist Strategies for Social Transformation, (2002)
- Parecon: Life After Capitalism, (2004) Verso ISBN 9781844675050[9]
- 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) Seven Stories Press ISBN 9781583227428[10]
- Occupy Theory (2013)
- Occupy Vision (2013)
- Occupy Strategy (2013)
Co-authored
[edit]- 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 [3]
About Albert
[edit]- Parecomic:The Story of Michael Albert and Participatory Economics, (2013) Sean Michael Wilson and Carl Thompson, Seven Stories Press ISBN 9781609804565[11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "From SDS to Life After Capitalism: Z Mag Founder Michael Albert on Activism, "Parecon" and a Model for a Participatory Society". Democracy Now. April 17, 2007. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Fishman, Mitchell S. (January 16, 1970). "SDS Seizes M.I.T. Offices With Ram". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
- ^ a b Albert, Michael; Hahnel, Robin (1991). The Political Economy of Participatory Economics. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-00384-9. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
- ^ a b Brown, Doug (March 1992). "Reviewed Work: The Political Economy of Participatory Economics". Journal of Economic Issues. 26 (1): 294–297. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
- ^ http://www.newleftproject.org/index.php/site/article_comments/for_a_new_left_international
- ^ Pilger, John (June 28, 2004). "John Pilger offers a reading list to counter Reagan". New Statesman. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
- ^ Market Madness. Z-Mag, July 13, 2004.
- ^ Albert, Michael. There Is An Alternative. ZNet, July 27, 2005.
- ^ Albert, Michael (2004). Parecon: Life After Capitalism. Verso. ISBN 978-1-84467-505-0. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
- ^ Albert, Michael (2007). Remembering Tomorrow: From SDS to Life after Capitalism: A Memoir. Seven Stories Press. ISBN 978-1-58322-742-8. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
- ^ Wilson, Sean Michael; Thompson, Carl (2013). Parecomic: Michael Albert and the Story of Participatory Economics. Seven Stories Press. ISBN 978-1-60980-456-5. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
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