Michael Albert was born on April 8,1947 and is an American economist, speaker, writer, and political critic.
13 Facts About Michael Albert
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Michael Albert has set up his own media outfits, magazines, and podcasts.
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Michael Albert is known for helping to develop the socioeconomic theory of participatory economics.
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Michael Albert objected to the US military's funding of the university.
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This, along with the civil rights movement, led Michael Albert to become politically active.
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Michael Albert became a member of Students for a Democratic Society and opposed the Vietnam War.
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Michael Albert was expelled from MIT, in January 1970, for disruptive behaviour, although he claimed the charges were 'cooked-up'.
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Michael Albert founded South End Press in 1977 along with Lydia Sargent and Juliet Schor, among others.
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Michael Albert spoke at the World Social Forum in the same year.
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Michael Albert was a founding member of the International Organization for a Participatory Society, in 2012.
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Sean Michael Wilson created a comic book based on Albert and his ideas in 2013.
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Michael Albert identifies himself as a market abolitionist and believes markets should be replaced with participatory economics.
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Michael Albert claimed three fundamental features of the economic system are flawed.