I am interested in the political economy of institutional power relationships in transition. The question is one of "reconstructive" communities as a cultural, as well as a political, fact: how geographic communities are structured to move in the direction of… — Gar Alperovitz Copy Share Image
“But if the system is the problem, the truth is that there will not be satisfactory answers in the here and now for lots… — Gar Alperovitz Copy Share Image
“… our nation's truly critical problems are built into the very structure of the economic and political system; they are not something passing in… — Gar Alperovitz Copy Share Image
We've been following many forms of democratized ownership, starting with co-ops, land banks at the neighborhood level, municipal ownership and state ownership of banks… — Gar Alperovitz Copy Share Image
As we move toward the pluralist commonwealth, economic interventions that stabilize communities - for instance by localizing the flows of goods and services or… — Gar Alperovitz Copy Share Image
Worker-owned co-ops, on their own, floating in the market, tend to replicate the behavior of worker-owned capitalists in some circumstances. They sometimes develop positive… — Gar Alperovitz Copy Share Image
Finding ways to organize work in which people are not locked into unequal power relationships is very important. Having said that, it's not easily… — Gar Alperovitz Copy Share Image
For 40 years, my argument has been that democratizing ownership of wealth has been the key to egalitarian society and the goals of egalitarian… — Gar Alperovitz Copy Share Image
In America, we need to go forward in nationalizing several large corporations: I think that's possible; we nationalized General Motors; we nationalized several of… — Gar Alperovitz Copy Share Image
Parecon is a very tough-minded economic vision and model, and it sets a standard for us to look at. — Gar Alperovitz Copy Share Image
We need to learn to listen to what the people need and want and not try to impose on them a whole schema that… — Gar Alperovitz Copy Share Image
There are areas using what's called the "checkerboard strategy." They are different cities where you can move around the "checkerboard," doing things you can't… — Gar Alperovitz Copy Share Image
Internationally, there are countries going well beyond the course, with airlines, transportation. There are systems around the world that have explored mining, rail transport,… — Gar Alperovitz Copy Share Image
