As we move toward the pluralist commonwealth, economic interventions that stabilize communities - for instance by localizing the flows of goods and services or by promoting worker ownership - not only have immediate practical benefits but provide the necessary preconditions for the growth and development of a renewed culture of sustainable democracy that can serve as the basis for still further transformations at larger scales.
The top 400 people own more wealth now than the bottom 185 million Americans taken together. That is a medieval structure. - Gar Alperovitz
The top 400 people own more wealth now than the bottom 185 million Americans taken together. That is a medieval structure.
- 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 they may not. This is historically diff… - 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 they may not. This is historically diff…
The federalism term is a good term, but it's just below the surface; it's just about to come up into wider public understanding that these practices … - Gar Alperovitz
The federalism term is a good term, but it's just below the surface; it's just about to come up into wider public understanding that these practices …
For 40 years, my argument has been that democratizing ownership of wealth has been the key to egalitarian society and the goals of egalitarian societ… - 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 societ…
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… - 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…
Worker-owned co-ops, on their own, floating in the market, tend to replicate the behavior of worker-owned capitalists in some circumstances. They som… - 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 som…
There are areas using what's called the "checkerboard strategy." They are different cities where you can move around the "checkerboard," doing things… - 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…
Internationally, there are countries going well beyond the course, with airlines, transportation. There are systems around the world that have explor… - Gar Alperovitz
Internationally, there are countries going well beyond the course, with airlines, transportation. There are systems around the world that have explor…
The reality of the world we live in is that people sometimes aren't interested in many circumstances; no matter how much young radicals yell at them,… - Gar Alperovitz
The reality of the world we live in is that people sometimes aren't interested in many circumstances; no matter how much young radicals yell at them,…
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