Gar Alperovitz is Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political-Economy at the University of Maryland and one of the founders of the University’s Democracy Collaborative. Recent books include Unjust Deserts: How the Rich Are Taking Our Common Inheritance (The New Press, 2005, with Lew Daly) and America Beyond Capitalism: Reclaiming Our Wealth, Our Liberty and Our Democracy (John Wiley & Sons, 2005). He is also author (with Jeff Faux) of Rebuilding America (Pantheon). Another related book on political-economic issues is Making a Place for Community (Routledge, with Thad Williamson and David Imbroscio.)
Alperovitz is also author of The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb (Knopf) and Atomic Diplomacy (Simon & Schuster), and Cold War Essays (Doubleday). He is a former Fellow of Kings College, Cambridge University, of the Institute of Politics at Harvard, of the Institute for Policy Studies, and has been a Guest Scholar at the Brookings Institution.
Alperovitz received his Ph.D. in Political-Economy as a Marshall Scholar at Cambridge University, a Masters degree from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Wisconsin. Previously, in addition to serving as the primary advisor to a large coalition of Members of Congress on economic matters (led by then Rep. Richard Ottinger), he was a Legislative Director in the U.S. House of Representatives (with Rep. Robert Kastenmeir of Wisconsin) and the U.S. Senate (with Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin), and a Special Assistant concerned with United Nations issues in the Department of State.
Alperovitz lectures widely and has testified before numerous Congressional Committees. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Mother Jones, The Nation, The Atlantic, and other popular and academic publications. He has been profiled by The New York Times, The Associated Press, People Magazine, UPI, and Mother Jones and he has appeared on numerous network television news programs including (among many others): “Meet the Press,” “Larry King Live,” “The Charlie Rose Show,” “Cross-Fire,” and “The O’Reilly Factor.”