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Movements and History: Gar Alperovitz Podcast – February 22, 2012
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Baltimore Sun Op-Ed: New Thinking for City Finances
My latest opinion piece on alternatives to municipal austerity ran in the print edition of today’s Baltimore Sun: City finances have long been under pressure, but the Great Recession and steady attacks on federal and state spending have compounded local financial difficulties. The National League of Cities’ annual research brief, City Fiscal Conditions, documents rapid [...]
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Talking with Chuck Mertz of “This is Hell”
Earlier in the month, I had the pleasure of speaking to Chuck Mertz, host of Chicago’s “This is Hell!” Listen to the interview below:
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Noam Chomsky on “America Beyond Capitalism”
Noam Chomsky, a long-time friend and colleague, recently gave a talk at the University of Maryland, where I teach political economy. His talk was entitled, “Crisis and Hope: Theirs and Ours” (a video of the entire talk is embedded at the bottom of this post). During the question-and-answer period after his speech, he was asked [...]
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Talking with Cyrus Webb on “Conversations Live”
Below is my radio interview with Cyrus Webb, host of Conversations LIVE!. Beyond a great interview, he has also posted a wonderful review of my book America Beyond Capitalism on Amazon: We all have our views, and I think that is fine; however, at the end of the day our goal should be to look [...]
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