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[title] The Moral Measure of the Economy
Book by Chuck Collins and Mary Wright

It is twenty years since the U.S. Catholic bishops issued a pastoral letter on the U.S. economy. Since then striking changes have occurred as the U.S. has become dramatically more unequal in terms of wealth, income, and opportunity. The signs are everywhere, from the fantastic salaries of...

[title] Building Wealth: The New Asset-Based Approach to Solving Social and Economic Problems
Book by The Democracy Collaborative at the University of Maryland: Steve Dubb under the direction of Gar Alperovitz, with supporting contributions from Ted Howard, Jessica Gordon Nembhard, Aziza Agia, and Katharine Nelson

This study examines the development of a wide range of innovative, asset-based social and economic strategies that are being employed with great public benefit across the United States. This is the first across-the-board attempt to survey the development of these approaches—and their strategic...

[title] The People’s Business : Controlling Corporations and Restoring Democracy
Book by Charlie Cray

More than ever, large corporations wield an unjustifiably excessive influence over our lives. The consequences are indeed frightening-environmental destruction, political corruption, erosion of democracy, increased polarization between rich and poor, declining wages and benefits, increased...