Category Archives: Gar Alperovitz Podcast

In June at Pace University in New York City, I participated in a number of panels, two of which are available as podcasts.

The first panel was an exchange with my friend and colleague, Marxian economist Richard Wolff, regarding workplace democracy and democratic ownership.

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Introduction – Maliha Safri

7:00 – Opening statements by Richard Wolff

36:00 – Statement by Gar Alperovitz

1:03:00 Questions

1:09:00 Richard Wolff responds

1:18:00 Gar Alperovitz responds

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In the second panel, “Is There an Ecologically Sustainable Alternative? Democracy, Planning and Markets in the Next System,” I had a lively discussion with researcher Richard Smith of Institute for Policy Research and Development.

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Introduction

2:15 Richard Smith

32:00 Gar Alperovitz

56:00 Q&A

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In this wide-ranging May 6th interview with Gar Alperovitz, Matthew Rothschild, editor of The Progressive magazine and host of Progressive Radio, spent a half hour exploring themes of the new book, What Then Must We Do?

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On April 17, Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative hosted a talk for What Then Must We Do? in Madison, Wisconsin. Earlier that day, Doug Cunningham, host of The People’s Mic program, invited Gar Alperovitz to speak about some of the themes of the book on the air for Madison’s own Workers Independent News, FM 92.1.

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On September 19, 2012, the New Economy Working Group hosted a discussion and question-and-answer period regarding the possibilities of introducing system change in the context of the United States.

Featuring Gar Alperovitz and James “Gus” Speth, formerly a presidential advisor, Administrator of the United Nations Development Program and dean of Yale Forestry School, the discussion was moderated by John Cavanagh, director of the Institute for Policy Studies.

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Matthew Roschild, the editor of The Progressive magazine and host of Progressive Radio, invited me on to the program to discuss capitalism, social movements, and the intersection of activism and politics.

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