How to Build a New Economy – with Gar Alperovitz and Ted Howard

Bioneers | Published: June 19, 2019 Eco-Nomics Video

With growing interest in co-ops, public banking, worker-owned companies and non-profit corporations, could we be setting a new standard for the American ideal, while building a more sustainable economy?
Featuring Gar Alperovitz, co-founder of the Democracy Collaborative and co-chair of its Next System Project, and Ted Howard, co-founder and President of The Democracy Collaborative.

Learn more from Gar Alperovitz here.

Learn more from Ted Howard here.

Explore more Bioneers content about building a new economy here.


This video is part of a series called “Seeding the Field: 30 Years of Transformative Solutions,” which celebrates some of the best moments of the Bioneers Conference over the last 30 years.

Directed and Edited by: Theo Badashi
Animations by: The Next System Project
Consulting Producer: Kenny Ausubel for Bioneers
Produced by: Theo Badashi and Maximilian DeArmon for Cosmogenesis Media Group



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