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> [“… our nation's truly critical problems are built into the very structure of the economic and political system; they are not something passing in the night that will go away even when we elect forward-looking leaders and actively pressure them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/our-nation-s-truly-critical-problems-are-built-into-the-very/)

[Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/)

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## More by Gar Alperovitz

> [“But if the system is the problem, the truth is that there will not be satisfactory answers in the here and now for lots…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/but-if-the-system-is-the-problem-the-truth-is-that-there-will-not-be/)

[Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/)

> [“… our nation's truly critical problems are built into the very structure of the economic and political system; they are not something passing in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/our-nation-s-truly-critical-problems-are-built-into-the-very/)

[Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/we-ve-been-following-many-forms-of-democratized-ownership-starting/)

[Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/)

> [As we move toward the pluralist commonwealth, economic interventions that stabilize communities - for instance by localizing the flows of goods and services or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/as-we-move-toward-the-pluralist-commonwealth-economic-interventions/)

[Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/worker-owned-co-ops-on-their-own-floating-in-the-market-tend-to/)

[Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/finding-ways-to-organize-work-in-which-people-are-not-locked-into/)

[Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/)

> [For 40 years, my argument has been that democratizing ownership of wealth has been the key to egalitarian society and the goals of egalitarian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/for-40-years-my-argument-has-been-that-democratizing-ownership-of/)

[Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/in-america-we-need-to-go-forward-in-nationalizing-several-large/)

[Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/)

> [Parecon is a very tough-minded economic vision and model, and it sets a standard for us to look at.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/parecon-is-a-very-tough-minded-economic-vision-and-model-and-it-sets/)

[Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/)

> [We need to learn to listen to what the people need and want and not try to impose on them a whole schema that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/we-need-to-learn-to-listen-to-what-the-people-need-and-want-and-not/)

[Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/there-are-areas-using-what-s-called-the-checkerboard-strategy-they/)

[Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/)

> [Internationally, there are countries going well beyond the course, with airlines, transportation. There are systems around the world that have explored mining, rail transport,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/internationally-there-are-countries-going-well-beyond-the-course-with/)

[Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/)

> [There has been a change in consciousness that makes this one of the most interesting periods of American history, maybe the most interesting. There's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/there-has-been-a-change-in-consciousness-that-makes-this-one-of-the/)

[Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/)

> [The top 400 people own more wealth now than the bottom 185 million Americans taken together. That is a medieval structure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/the-top-400-people-own-more-wealth-now-than-the-bottom-185-million/)

[Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/)

> [I am interested in the political economy of institutional power relationships in transition. The question is one of "reconstructive" communities as a cultural, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gar-alperovitz/i-am-interested-in-the-political-economy-of-institutional-power/)

[Gar Alperovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gar-alperovitz/)

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