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America Beyond Capitalism: Reclaiming Our Wealth, Our Liberty, and Our Democracy, 2nd Edition Paperback – November 9, 2011

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2011 edition, with a new introduction by the author and a new foreword by James Gustave Speth As discontent with the economic and political status quo mounts in the wake of the "great recession", America Beyond Capitalism is a book whose time has come. Gar Alperovitz's expert diagnosis of the long-term structural crisis of the American economic and political system is accompanied by detailed, practical answers to the problems we face as a society. Unlike many books that reserve a few pages of a concluding chapter to offer generalized, tentative solutions, Alperovitz marshals years of research into emerging "new economy" strategies to present a comprehensive picture of practical bottom-up efforts currently underway in thousands of communities across the United States. All democratize wealth and empower communities, not corporations: worker-ownership, cooperatives, community land trusts, social enterprises, along with many supporting municipal, state and longer term federal strategies as well. America Beyond Capitalism is a call to arms, an eminently practical roadmap for laying foundations to change a faltering system that increasingly fails to sustain the great American values of equality, liberty and meaningful democracy. Gar Alperovitz is the Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy at the University of Maryland and co-founder of the Democracy Collaborative. He is the author of numerous books, including Unjust Deserts (with Lew Daly), Making a Place For Community (with Thad Williamson and David Imbroscio), Rebuilding America (with Jeff Faux) and, in connection with foreign policy, Atomic Diplomacy and The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb.
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  6. ISBN-10
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Democracy Collaborative Press / Dollars and Sense; 2nd edition (November 9, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 372 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0984785701
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0984785704
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.77 x 8.5 inches
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Gar Alperovitz (born May 5, 1936) is Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy at the University of Maryland, College Park Department of Government and Politics. He is a former Fellow of King's College, Cambridge; a founding Fellow of Harvard’s Institute of Politics; a Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies; and a Guest Scholar at the Brookings Institution. Alperovitz also served as a Legislative Director in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, and as a Special Assistant in the Department of State. Alperovitz is a founding principal of The Democracy Collaborative at the University of Maryland, and a member of the board of directors for the New Economics Institute (NEI).

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  • Robert S Bogner
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Required Text
    Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2012
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    The system has failed, the goals of America; liberty, equality, and democracy, are not being produced by the systems we are currrently living with; plutocracy, capitalism, and inequality. Gar Alperovitz explains this clearly in observations of current America...and gives some guidance as to where we might be going.

    His descriptions of our problems are clear, and his call for the need of a "systemic," not incremental, change is right on. He preaches that we are in need of a revolution (peaceful or violent) if things continue on their present course. This is is correct, however, the book is a little weak on the composition of the solutions needed for his post capitalist society to work.

    America Beyond Capitalism should be required reading for those of us that want to see why our system does not work, but it's not quite "the Bible," as, in my opinion, his solutions are questionable.
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  • Bill W
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    A really nice look at options to our current wealth gap in our country. Nicely written.
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  • Robert C. Hastings
    5.0 out of 5 stars Important reading
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    Chomsky precisely and succinctly identifies the major economic issues facing everyday Americans, and the reasons behind these issues. Unlike many other books exploring these same problems, Chomsky explores viable solutions that are already in place around this country.
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  • KDelphi
    2.0 out of 5 stars Feel like the Lone Ranger here, but, I am disappointed
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    I figure there must be some reason I feel this way and, maybe some other folks would agree, so they have a right to hear it. It seems to me that,despite it's title, this book does not "move beyond capitalism" at all, but simply suggests a new name for more reformism and so-called "third way" socialist Capitalism. Many of the things that the author suggests 'cannot be done", he admits, are "given the current environment". Well, given how much things have changed in the short period since the book was originally written, I think that offering folks more Keynesian style, disappointing "reform", through individual "co-ops", etc is to set the Left up for another series of tiny victories, in areas where it is, for the most part, not needed most (ie WASP middle class, well educated suburbs); then the Captains of the Universe can resume their life mission of rolling back anything we achieve.

    Folks, comrades, countrymen---it is now or never. Trust a poor urbanite. We are just not buying it anymore and, yes, there are things worse than making an attempt to save millions of seemingly powerless ppl who did absolutely nothing to deserve this fate. Let's fight back and end Capitalism now! If we fail , at least we really tried and refused to leave behind the poor and powerless, the uneducated working classes, the homeless, etc....the only alternative I see to revolution is secession. There is no "fix" to this, things will change. We can choose how they will change or suffer (more of) the consequences. IMHO

    That is just how I see it and plenty of others in my position do also.
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  • NAO
    3.0 out of 5 stars Probably good for some, but not for me.
    Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2015
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    Had endorsements from Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn on the back cover, so I figured it couldn't be that bad. It's not - many would likely find it facinating. But it was a fairly dull read for me...and I am a huge reader of dry non-fiction.
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  • db01
    4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
    Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2013
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    I thought this was written. hard to read much of this as I get so frustrated with the system. This book gives some hopeful insights at the end.
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  • Elizabeth
    5.0 out of 5 stars To the Point...
    Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2014
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    This book exposes the truths about capitalism for our times...let's face it, the larger the world gets, the harder it is to maintain unalienable rights to economic freedom, among other values...easy to read..a primer to understanding income inequality...
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  • Nancy
    5.0 out of 5 stars Informative and thought provoking
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    Excellent pool that should be read by the masses.
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