Passports and Politics (written with Derek Humphry). Harmondsworth, Penguin Books, 1974 – a study of Britain’s response to the expulsion from Uganda of the Asian community.
Prosperity or Slump? The future of Wandsworth’s Economy. Wandsworth Borough Council, 1976. The result of an investigation, by the Council’s Policy Review Committee, chaired by Mchael.
Job Creation by the Council: Local Government and the struggle for Full Employment. Nottingham, Institute for Workers Control, 1981.
Municipal Monetarism: a study of nine years of Tory rule in Wandsworth. London, Greater London Labour Party, 1987.
Rethinking Urban Policy, CLES, 1995 (?)
Beatrice Webb: her quest for a fairer society. London, Smith Institute, 2011
Independent Commission on Wandsworth Council Budgeting – report of a Commission chaired by Michael at the request of the Wandsworth Labour Group. 2014
The London Industrial Strategy (1985), the London Labour Plan, and the London Financial Strategy were prepared by the staff of the GLC’s Industry and Employment branch, led by the Director and Chief Economic Advisor, Robin Murray.
At the London Development Agency in 2000/2001, as Chief Executive, Michael led the team responsible for producing the London Economic Strategy, also known as the Mayor’s Economic Development Strategy.