by Jeffrey Hollender | Jun 13, 2016
When Donald Trump screams his mantra, telling us he will “make America great again,” he’s right that we’re no longer great, he’s just clueless as to why. America’s decline is not because we embrace immigrants; participate in NATO, elect inept politicians or because of...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Apr 5, 2016
This is an excerpt from my article originally posted on the Standford Social Innovation Review on 03/30/16 We live with an illusion so powerful that we endlessly mistake it for reality. Merriam-Webster defines “free market” as “an economic market or system in which...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Feb 29, 2016
Goldman Sachs recently published a “data story” on the social and commercial behaviors of the millennial generation Y (those born between 1980 – 2000). Millennials make up the biggest generation in United States history, and have grown up in a time of rapid economic,...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Dec 16, 2015
Just saw The Big Short that chronicles the 2008 financial collapse through the stories of a small handful of people who realized what was happening to the U.S. economy while it was still happening — and then made vast fortunes by betting against the markets while...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jun 15, 2015
This post first appeared in my new column Inspired Protagonist on Greenbiz.com. http://www.greenbiz.com/article/trouble-inequality-sustainability The Wall Street bonus pool for last year was roughly double the total earnings of all Americans who worked full time at...
by Jeffrey Hollender | May 21, 2013
Recently Joe Brewer, Alnoor Ladha and Martin Kirk had the audacity to describe what they call the “Poverty Creation Industry.” http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15726-its-time-to-shine-a-light-on-the-poverty-creation-industry They write that, “Poverty is human-made....
by Jeffrey Hollender | Apr 17, 2013
Have you heard about HSBC’s terrorist funding scandals? How about the many banks involved in LIBOR rigging, essentially playing games our money? If you’re an ordinary person, hearing these things was shocking. But let me be clear: it’s not shocking that banks have...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Mar 20, 2013
Not terribly well. According to a Fall 2013 survey conducted at Rutgers University, the recovery still isn’t so great for the bottom 99% and particularly those under 35. Nearly one-quarter (23%) of all respondents to the survey were laid off from either a full-time or...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Feb 18, 2013
This month the World Economic Forum released “The Global Competitiveness Report 2012-2013,” that ranks 144 countries, on everything from “Organized Crime,” to the “Quality of Overall Infrastructure,” and the “Protection of Minority Shareholders. #1 represents...
