Robin Hahnel

Robin Hahnel
Born (1946-03-25) March 25, 1946
Academic background
Alma materHarvard University
InfluencesKarl Marx, Cornelius Castoriadis, Karl Polanyi, Paul Sweezy, Oskar R. Lange, Michał Kalecki, Piero Sraffa, Amartya Sen, Joan Robinson, John Maynard Keynes
Academic work
DisciplinePolitical economy
School or traditionLibertarian socialism
Notable ideasCo-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.