UUJECAn Activist’s Guide to Economic Justice by Les Leopold, 2015 Most persons who visit this web page have read one or more books on income inequality. Runaway Inequality,… Continue Reading Runaway Inequality
The Moral Imperative of Revolt by Chris Hedges, 2015 Chris Hedges is a challenge for progressives to read, because we keep working to study or reform rather than… Continue Reading Wages of Rebellion
The Economics of Manipulation & Deception By George Akerlof and Robert Shiller, 2015 “The Downside of Free Market Capitalism” Akerlof and Shiller are well known economists, whose deep… Continue Reading Phishing for Phools
In 2010, the top 20% of the private wealth holders in our nation owned 89% of the nation’s private wealth, while the remaining 80% of the people owned… Continue Reading Our Escalating Inequality
Final problem statement: Today’s worldwide capitalist/financial system does not concern itself with moral values; that is, it does not consider the well-being of those outside its economic self-interest.… Continue Reading UUFN Final Position Paper on the “Escalating Inequality” CS/AI
The Plot to Destroy America – and What We Can Do to Stop It by Thom Hartmann, 2014 In January and February, my UUA ministerial pension fund plummeted,… Continue Reading The Crash of 2016
by Bill Fletcher, Jr., 2012 “They’re Bankrupting Us” is a great resource for people unfamiliar with unions to understand their inner workings. Turns out, once you stomp out… Continue Reading “They’re Bankrupting Us!” and 20 Other Myths about Unions
by L. Randall Wray, 2012 This is a good book for students and others who want to understand how money is actually created and managed in today’s world.… Continue Reading Modern Money Theory: A Primer on Macroeconomics for Sovereign Monetary Systems
by T.R. Reid, 2010 A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care This wonderful little book vividly describes what the mainstream media has been hiding from the American… Continue Reading The Healing of America
by John Robbins, 2010 Living Better Than Ever in an Age of Less I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. Robbins was born into the Baskin-Robbins family, but rejected… Continue Reading The New Good Life