by Jeffrey Hollender | Oct 5, 2011
In September, Don Peck, writing in The Atlantic, provided an exceptionally thoughtful and detailed analysis of the fate of the middle class. What has contributed to its emergence as the economic and political foundation of American life? What has transpired to put its...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Oct 4, 2011
Rarely does everyone in the audience have a question – a question that resonates with the essence of the challenges we face. “So what role should not-for-profits play?” “What you’re describing sounds like socialism, how are these ideas possible within the capitalist...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Sep 23, 2011
Contrast this. This August, financier Leon D. Black celebrated his 60th with a blowout at his oceanfront estate in Southampton. After a buffet dinner featuring a seared foie gras station, some 200 guests took in a show by Elton John, who was paid at least $1 million...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Sep 21, 2011
Any business that considers itself responsible and sustainable must pay its employees a living wage. Not a minimum wage – a living wage. In many American communities, families working in low-wage jobs make insufficient income to live locally given the local cost of...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Sep 14, 2011
A guest blog post by Erin Schrode of Teens Turning Green, host of the Project Green Challenge. Have you ever felt as if you wanted to ‘do something,’ but didn’t know where to start? Project Green Challenge is that chance, your entry point into action and...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Sep 13, 2011
All unhappy people are alike – in that they negatively affect a business’ financial bottom line. Several years ago, Gallup estimated that the cost of Americans who are actively disengaged with their work – almost 30% of all employees – are responsible for a staggering...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Sep 9, 2011
Unemployment shatters families, communities, self-respect and the belief in a positive future. We have failed – or at least are failing – to provide an opportunity that is so basic to human dignity and well-being. An opportunity to participate in what is called “the...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Sep 2, 2011
“You really do have to wonder whether a few years from now we’ll look back at the first decade of the 21st century — when food prices spiked, energy prices soared, world population surged, tornados plowed through cities, floods and droughts set records, populations...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Aug 25, 2011
The rapid growth in farm output and productivity that we came to expect in the latter half of the twentieth century is now failing to keep up with the demand for food. Population increases, rising affluence in once-poor countries and changing weather patterns are to...
