“I think we are beginning to get a sense, and it’s worth dwelling on, that just possibly this is a truly historic occasion…Just possibly, we are laying the foundations for the next great transformation of a vast society, the most powerful corporate capitalist system in the history of the world.”

So Gar Alperovitz began his speech at the 2012 Strategies for a New Economy Conference at Bard College. In the video below, watch him speak about why this moment in history may be such an important one and what he hopes to see shifting in our society.

Gar Alperovitz – Our Time in History: The Possibility of Fundamental System Change from New Economics Institute on Vimeo.