Gar Alperovitz was in Seattle for the annual meeting of the National Cooperative Business Association and spoke at Town Hall Seattle immediately following a live screening of the first presidential debate. YES! Magazine’s executive editor Sarah van Gelder introduced him.

This is a great analysis of our economic reality and the movement occurring to create alternatives to capitalism and socialism. It is all about community, citizen ownership, and the democratization of ownership, and it goes right to the heart of our economics discussion.

Originally posted on www.yesmagazine.org October 04, 2012. With permission from YES! Magazine