Gar Alperovitz: 7 books

The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics. Gar Alperovitz believes that we are at a turning point in American history, in which systemic economic and environmental issues will be at the...

The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics. Arguing that our current sophisticated technology builds on a history of scientific achievements which are rightly our shared cultural inheritance,...

The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics. In this lecture, Gar Alperovitz starts to formulate a response to the simple yet unnerving question: "what do you want?" He argues...

Controversial in nature, this book demonstrates that the United States did not need to use the atomic bomb against Japan. Alperovitz criticizes one of the most hotly debated precursory events to the Cold War, an event that was largely responsible for the evolution of post-World War II American politics and culture.

"Be prepared for a mind-opening experience." -The Christian Century "Highly readable; excellent for students. . . . A tonic and eye-opener for anyone who wants a politics that works." -Jane Mansbridge, Adams Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University "America...

When pundits refer to the death of community, they are speaking of a number of social ills, which include, but are not limited to, the general increase in isolation and cynicism of our citizens, widespread concerns about declining political participation and membership in civic organizations, and...

Scientists debate the role of scientific research in the military-industrial complex and consider the complicity of academic science in American wars. On March 4, 1969, MIT faculty and students joined together for an extraordinary day of protest. Growing out of the MIT community's anguish over...