by Jeffrey Hollender | Nov 3, 2011
The implications of the US government annually investing 90% less than the Chinese have in developing and manufacturing alternative energy technology has doomed America to lose the battle for the energy future. While we bemoan the loss of a $527 million federal loan...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Oct 17, 2011
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 challenge we face as defined by Fullerton: “To create 7 to 10 million net new jobs in the United States over the...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Oct 12, 2011
The Dorothy Day Apartments on Riverside Drive in West Harlem are shockingly beautiful. The building is one of six in the neighborhood run by Broadway Housing Communities. Charles Blow, an excellent new addition to The New York Times Op-Ed pages, went to visit. His...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Oct 11, 2011
With every piece of legislation, every political decision, every empty campaign promise, we have moved further and further away from a democracy benefitting all Americans and closer to an oligarchy serving very few Americans – the 1%. It’s a dangerous development that...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Oct 10, 2011
More than a decade ago, The Ecologist cited the insurance industry as the single most significant force addressing the challenges of global climate change. Large European insurance firms were pressuring the boards of global companies to develop strategies to mitigate...
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...
