Pat Conaty recommends:

” He packs his latest book and whole analysis into just 15 minutes. Very well done indeed.”

Details on the Interview by Laura Flanders:

“Political economist, Gar Alperovitz believes that the storm of failure we’re witnessing on the economy creates pain but also possibility. When states and cities have “no answers” new ideas and new experiences have a chance to insert themselves into the mix. Indeed, look a little deeper than the money media tend to, and the US economy isn’t so singular as one might think. In fact, far from one “economy” we live in a “checkerboard” of systems, some of which look a whole lot like socialism. What’s hotel socialism? Find out in this conversation about Alperovitz’s latest book What Then Must We Do: Straight Talk About the Next American Revolution, which comes out later this month from Chelsea Green. And read the full transcript at Truthout.org . ”

Watch the video here:

http://blip.tv/grittv/what-then-must-we-do-gar-alperovitz-6544726