Robin Hahnel
Robin Hahnel | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 25, 1946 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Influences | Karl Marx, Cornelius Castoriadis, Karl Polanyi, Paul Sweezy, Oskar R. Lange, Michał Kalecki, Piero Sraffa, Amartya Sen, Joan Robinson, John Maynard Keynes |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Political economy |
| School or tradition | Libertarian socialism |
| Notable ideas | Co-proposer of participatory economics, a libertarian socialist economy based on equitable cooperation, and a strategy for abolishing capitalist market economy |
Robin Eric Hahnel (born March 25, 1946) is an American economist and professor emeritus of economics at American University. His academic work applies libertarian socialist values to piecemeal economic proposals, critiquing both capitalist market economies and authoritarian centrally planned economies.