Money Quote 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Gar Alperovitz

Parecon is a very tough-minded economic vision and model, and it sets a standard for us to look at.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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,…

— Gar Alperovitz