Wealth Inequality

Reviewed by Ginelle Skerritt: The middle class is shrinking. Jobs are disappearing. The gap between the wealthy and the poor is widening. Fewer and fewer people control and possess a higher percentage of the available wealth.  After reading When More is not Better by top ranked economist, Roger Martin, I understand the root causes of these phenomena from a new perspective. It … [Read more...] about When More Is Not Better: Overcoming America’s Obsession with Economic Efficiency

Reviewed April 20 2020 by Mal Warwick: "Everyone who follows politics in the United States is aware that the American system is rigged. In their presidential campaigns ... Robert Reich wants to explain to all of us how things have gotten so far out of kilter. And that’s the timely task he’s taken up in his latest book." … [Read more...] about The System: Who Rigged It How We Fix It

Reviewed September 12 2019 by Diane Hill: "[Appelbaum] shows how between 1969 and 2008 the U.S. government handed the keys over to free market thinkers. Not only did they crash us into a financial ditch they’ve left liberal democracy teetering on the brink of collapse." … [Read more...] about The Economists’ Hour: False Prophets Free Markets and the Fracture of Society

Reviewed February 22 2020 by Katherine Verhagen Rodis: "... a collection of essays written by experienced shelter and transitional housing managers wanting to see an end to chronic homelessness. The contributors range from executive directors to frontline program staff from British Columbia to Newfoundland." … [Read more...] about Beyond Shelters: Solutions to Homelessness in Canada from the Front Lines

Reviewed February 22 2020 by Gail Picco: "Children’s and young adult writers have so much to offer in terms of how we understand and discuss our issues and causes...[offering] us a world of understanding. … [Read more...] about On Our Street: Our First Talk About Poverty