Economics

This book examines how institutions and individuals have coalesced into an unlikely alliance of Players who extract wealth from Blacks.

John Hope Bryant, successful self-made businessman and founder of the nonprofit Operation HOPE, says business and political leaders are ignoring the one force that could truly re-energize the stalled American economy: the poor. If we give poor communities the right tools, policies, and inspiration, he argues, they will be able to lift themselves up into the middle class and become a new generation of customers and entrepreneurs.

“Steadily—by redefining green—Jones is making sure that our planet and our people will not just survive but also thrive in a clean-energy economy.”
—Leonardo DiCaprio

My Life in the News

What are the jobs of the future? How many will there be? And who will have them? As technology continues to accelerate and machines begin taking care of themselves, fewer people will be necessary.

Gwen Thomas is the founder of Fresh Perspectives Seminars. She is the author of "The Parents Smart Guide to Sending you Kids to College without Going Broke".

In Saving Our Cities, William W. Goldsmith shows how cities can be places of opportunity rather than places with problems.