Last week, my recently launched consulting firms –Jeffrey Hollender Partners and CommonWise – hosted the senior leadership team of the Mondragon Cooperative
The implications of the US government annually investing 90% less than the Chinese have in developing and manufacturing alternative energy technology has doomed
John Fullerton, a friend and the founder of The Capital Institute, celebrated Labor Day with some thoughtful ways to create more jobs – now. Here’s the chal
More than a decade ago, The Ecologist cited the insurance industry as the single most significant force addressing the challenges of global climate change. Larg
In September, Don Peck, writing in The Atlantic, provided an exceptionally thoughtful and detailed analysis of the fate of the middle class. What has contribute
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
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 comm
Unemployment shatters families, communities, self-respect and the belief in a positive future. We have failed – or at least are failing – to provide an oppo
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 fo
I’ve never met Jeremy Grantham, but if you read what he writes there’s some big money that believes the time has come for transformational change. Grantham
Following up on my blog post titled “The State of America’s Children 2011,” I want to return to a little-noticed story from earlier this summer on college
Charles Blow of The New York Times recently selected some of the saddest and most depressing statics from the recently released “The State of America’s Chil
