Michael Albert (born April 8, 1947) is an American economist, speaker, writer, and political critic.

[11][12] Doug Brown, writing in the Journal of Economic Issues said their alternative to markets was novel, but mainly of academic interest.

[13] In 2003, Parecon: Life After Capitalism was published further outlining participatory economics in a more accessible, less academic format.

[15] Reviewing the book Paul Ormerod felt Albert's criticisms of capitalism were unfounded.

[19][13] Sean Michael Wilson created a comic book based on Albert and his ideas in 2013.

[22][23][24]: 222 [25]: 284 In 2006, David Schweickart wrote a detailed critique of participatory economics called Nonsense on Stilts: Michael Albert's Parecon.