Genia michaels biography of albert

Economist, activist, speaker, writer

This article is about the economist.

Genia michaels biography of albert

For the computer scientist, see Michael H. Albert. For the artist, see Michael Albert (artist).

Michael Albert (born April 8, 1947) is an American economist, speaker, writer, and political critic. Since the late 1970s, he has published on a variety of subjects.

He has set up his own media outfits, magazines, and podcasts. He is known for helping to develop the socioeconomic theory of participatory economics.^[1]

Biography

Albert was born in New York City and grew up in New Rochelle, New York.^[2] In 1965, Albert was studying physics at MIT.

He objected to the US military's funding of the university. This, along with the civil rights movement, led Albert to become politically active.^{[3]: 39 [4]} He became a member of Students for a Democratic Society and opposed the Vietnam War.

He was expelled from MIT, in January 1970, for disrup