Gar Alperovitz is co-founder of The Democracy Collaborative and co-chair of its Next System Project. He is author, most recently, of Principles of a Pluralist Commonwealth.
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Centrist Think Tanks Won’t Save Our Cities
Economic democracy must come from below.
Gar Alperovitz