Gar Alperovitz

Gar Alperovitz is the Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political-Economy at the University of Maryland, College Park. In addition to Unjust Deserts, he is the author of The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb (Knopf) and Atomic Diplomacy (Simon & Schuster). Alperovitz is also a founding Principal of the Democracy Collaborative, a former Fellow of Kings College, Cambridge University, of the Institute of Politics at Harvard, of the Institute for Policy Studies, and a Guest Scholar at the Brookings Institution.

Alperovitz's most recent book on economic matters is America Beyond Capitalism: Reclaiming Our Wealth, Our Liberty and Our Democracy (published by John Wiley & Sons, 2005.) He lectures widely, has testified before numerous Congressional Committees, and has published articles 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."

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 he was a Legislative Director in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, and a Special Assistant concerned with United Nations issues in the Department of State.