Albert Merlin (21 April 1931 – 9 December 2015)[1] was a French economist and vice-president of the "Presaje" institute, which deals with the interaction between the economy and Law.

Alumnus of IMD (International Institute for management development, in Lausanne, Switzerland), Merlin was also active in teaching, first as an associate professor at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales then at ENA (Ecole Nationale d'Administration) France's state school for training senior government officials.

On retiring from Saint-Gobain, Merlin founded and directed the journal Societal, which publishes economic and social analyses written by academics as well as business leaders.

In 2000 he participated in creating the PRESAJE institute (Prospective et Recherches sur le Droit, la Justice et l'Economie), a think tank specialized in analyzing the interaction between law and economics.

He is also a member of the National Association for Business Economics in the U.S. Merlin was made knight of the Order of the Legion of Honour Légion d'honneur.