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Gar Alperovitz

Gar Alperovitz

About Gar Alperovitz

Historian and activist Gar Alperovitz, director of the Democracy Collaborative (http://democracycollaborative.org/), is the author of many books on social change, including "What Then Must We Do? Straight Talk About the Next American Revolution" (Chelsea Green, 2013). To learn more, go to http://www.garalperovitz.com/.

Why democratic ownership matters if we care about class

May 18, 2015 by Gar Alperovitz 1 Comment

I often open my lectures by explaining that the current distribution of wealth in the United States—with the richest 400 people owning more of the country than the poorest 180 million combined—is, essentially, a medieval arrangement, with a vast underclass and a tiny elite.  After one talk, a medieval historian approached me to offer a […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Building Economic Alternatives, Coops Tagged With: alternative institutions, coops, domestic workers, low-wage jobs

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