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Gar Alperovitz: The Prehistory of the Next Possible Progressive Era

(This article first appeared online on Truthout) by Keane Bhatt At a time of acute pain for working people – when wages are stagnant, unemployment is high and levels of inequality are without precedent – historian and economist Gar Alperovitz sees not just despair, but hope. Providing rich details of grassroots experimentation born out of […]

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Democratizing the Economy from the Bottom Up

(This article first appeared in Tikkun Magazine, Winter 2011) Workers at Ohio Cooperative Solar (left) and Evergreen Laundry take part in a strategy to capture ever-greater shares of spending in health, energy, and other key sectors for an integrated, large-scale network of worker-owned businesses. PHOTOS: JANET CENTURY. by Gar Alperovitz We are entering one of […]

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The Cleveland Model

(This article first appeared in the March 1, 2010 edition of The Nation) Gar Alperovitz, Thad Williamson and Ted Howard Something important is happening in Cleveland: a new model of large-scale worker- and community-benefiting enterprises is beginning to build serious momentum in one of the cities most dramatically impacted by the nation’s decaying economy. The […]

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Asset-Building Comes of Age

(This article first appeared on SHELTERFORCE NO. 149 in the Spring 2007 issue) From IDAs to comprehensive community wealth-building, the number of strategies to increase personal and collective assets is growing. By Gar Alperovitz, Steve Dubb and Ted Howard In the past decade, individual and collective asset-building has increasingly become a central goal in the […]

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