Background
Sklar, Holly L. was born on May 6, 1955 in New York City.
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Poverty in the American Dream: Women & Children First (INC pamphlet)
( A classic in feminist and economic theory, this pamphle...)
A classic in feminist and economic theory, this pamphlet analyzes the impact of social service cutbacks, changes in the job market, and victim-blaming myths like the "Black matriarchy" theses of Daniel Patrick Moynihan and George Gilder. Also highlights a progressive agenda for the future.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0896081974/?tag=2022091-20
Streets of Hope : The Fall and Rise of an Urban Neighborhood
( Using the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative in Bost...)
Using the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative in Boston's most impoverished neighborhood as a case stuudy, the authors show how effective organizing reinforces neighborhood leadership, encourages grassroots power and leads to successful public-private partnerships and comprehensive community development.--Prof. Norman Krumholz
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0896084825/?tag=2022091-20
Raise the Floor: Wages and Policies That Work For All Of Us
( "They work full time in the richest nation on earth, ye...)
"They work full time in the richest nation on earth, yet they can’t make ends meet. They can’t make ends meet because their wages are too low. They are health care aides who can’t afford health insurance. They work in the food industry, but depend on food banks to help feed their children. They are child care teachers who don’t make enough to save for their own children’s education. . . . They care for the elderly, but they have no pensions."—from Raise the Floor A job should keep you out of poverty, not keep you in it. But millions of people make up the working poor in the U.S. Rooted in powerful new research and personal narratives, Raise the Floor makes the case for a livable minimum wage and shows how good wages are good business. Raise the Floor illustrates how the current annual minimum wage income of $10,712 a year just doesn’t add up. For example, to make ends meet, two parents with two children would have work more than three full-time minimum wage jobs—66 hours a week—leaving little time for sleep, family outings, religious services, or participating in community activities with their kids. In a January 2002 poll of likely voters, Americans overwhelmingly identified raising the minimum wage as key to stimulating the economy. By a resounding 77 percent, these voters favored increasing the minimum wage to $8 an hour—the amount a single, full-time worker needs to meet minimum needs. Raise the Floor is written in a lively, readable style and includes boxed quotes from folks in all walks of life who recognize the need for practical solutions to ending poverty. Documented with 60 tables and charts.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0896086836/?tag=2022091-20
Shifting Fortunes: The Perils of the Growing American Wealth Gap
(Behind the hoopla of the booming nineties, most Americans...)
Behind the hoopla of the booming nineties, most Americans have actually lost wealth. Most households have lower net worth than they did in 1983, before the stock market began its big climb. From 1983 to 1998, the stock market grew a cumulative 1,336 percent. The wealthiest households reaped most of the gains. The top 1 percent of households have more wealth than the entire bottom 95 percent. Nine years into the longest peacetime expansion in history, average workers are still earning less, adjusting for inflation, than they did when Richard Nixon was president. No wonder many people have been working longer hours and going deeper into debt. The wealth gap poses serious consequences for our economy, our democracy and our civic life. We can reduce the wealth gap and strengthen national prosperity, if we have the will. Forewords by Juliet Schor and Lester Thurow.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0965924920/?tag=2022091-20
Holly L. Sklar
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor, Oberlin College, 1977; Master of Arts in Political Science, Columbia University, 1980.
Career
Researcher United Nations Center Transnat. Corps., New York City, 1978. Writer, researcher N. American Congress Latin American, 1981-1982.
Executive director Institute New Communications, 1982-1984. Writer, lecturer New York and Boston. Review panelist National Endowment of the Humanities, Washington, 1989.
Delegate Soviet-American Women's Summit, New York, Washington, 1990, senior policy adviser, Let Justice Roll Living Wane, Campaign, since 2005, Business for Shared prosperity, since 2007.
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Streets of Hope : The Fall and Rise of an Urban Neighborhood
( Using the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative in Bost...)
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Poverty in the American Dream: Women & Children First (INC pamphlet)
( A classic in feminist and economic theory, this pamphle...)
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Shifting Fortunes: The Perils of the Growing American Wealth Gap
(Behind the hoopla of the booming nineties, most Americans...)
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Raise the Floor: Wages and Policies That Work For All Of Us
( "They work full time in the richest nation on earth, ye...)
- Poverty in the American Dream: Women & Children First (INC pamphlet) by Holly Sklar (1999-07-01)
- Streets of Hope : The Fall and Rise of an Urban Neighborhood by Peter Medoff (1999-07-01)
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Streets of Hope : The Fall and Rise of an Urban Neighborhood
Membership
Member advisory board The Progressive Media Project, Political Research Associates. Board directors United for a Fair Economy, 1996-2000. Member steering committee Caribbean Basin Information Project, 1982-1985.
Member working group on global economics American Friends Service Committee, 2002-2004. Member National Writers Union, Academy Political Science.
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American
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Recipient Outstanding Book award Gustavus Myers Center for Study Human Rights in the United States, 1988, Associations award Political Research Associations, Cambridge, 1991-1997. Fellow Columbia University Graduate School Arts and Sciences, 1978-1980.Recipient Outstanding Book award Gustavus Myers Center for Study Human Rights in the United States, 1988, Associations award Political Research Associations, Cambridge, 1991-1997. Fellow Columbia University Graduate School Arts and Sciences, 1978-1980.