Gar Alperovitz

GAR ALPEROVITZ is a historian and political economist who has held the Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy chair at the University of Maryland and is a co-founder of the Democracy Collaborative. His recent books include What Then Must We Do?, Unjust Deserts and America Beyond Capitalism.

Alperovitz holds a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin, an M.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in political economy earned as a Marshall Scholar at Cambridge University. He is a former fellow of King’s College, Cambridge, and a former guest scholar at the Brookings Institution. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and The Nation.

Alperovitz previously served as a legislative director in both houses of Congress and as a special assistant in the State Department.

Gar Alperovitz’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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