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Holly Sklar

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Holly Sklar
Born1955
Occupation(s)author, columnist, entrepreneur
Notable workTrilateralism: The Trilateral Commission and Elite Planning for World Management (1980)

Holly Sklar (born 1955) is an author and syndicated columnist for Z Magazine,[1] a policy analyst, and strategist whose articles have appeared in hundreds of newspapers and online outlets[2] including The Nation,[3] The Philadelphia Inquirer, and USA Today.[4][1]

Biography

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Sklar is the founder and CEO of Business For a Fair Minimum Wage, "a national network of business owners and executives who believe a fair minimum wage makes good business sense."[5][6] She also serves on the board of directors of the American Sustainable Business Council.[6][7]

From 1975 to 1976, Sklar lived and worked in an agricultural region of Bolivia.[8] In 1978 she accepted an invitation to join the steering committee of the national conference taking place October that year, Women and Global Corporations: Work, Roles, and Resistance.[8]

On October 13, 2000, Sklar spoke at the New Jersey Project's fall conference entitled Now You See It, Now You Don't: Class in America at Essex County College, Newark, New Jersey.[9]

Sklar earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Oberlin College and her Master of Arts degree from Columbia University.[8]

Writing

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Sklar read several drafts of Right-wing Populism in America: Too Close for Comfort by Chip Berlet and Matthew N. Lyons in preparation for publishing.[10]

Works

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Books

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Articles

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Book contributions

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Pamphlets

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Posters

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Reports

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Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b "About the Author." Chaos or Community?: Seeking Solutions, Not Scapegoats for Bad Economics. Boston: South End Press, 1995. ISBN 978-0896085114. OCLC 1029260361. (p. 222)
  2. ^ "Bill Moyers Journal – Holly Sklar on Wages and Work". PBS.
  3. ^ "Holly Sklar". The Nation.
  4. ^ "Alternative Radio: Holly Sklar"
  5. ^ Official slogan of the Business For a Fair Minimum Wage organization.
  6. ^ a b "About Holly Sklar." Entrepreneur.com
  7. ^ "Holly Sklar CEO, Business for a Fair Minimum Wage." American Sustainable Business Council.
  8. ^ a b c "About the Editor." Trilateralism: The Trilateral Commission and Elite Planning for World Management. Boston: South End Press, 1980. ISBN 0-89608-103-6, ISBN 0-89608-104-4, OCLC 6958001. (p. viii) Excerpts available online.
  9. ^ "Now You See It, Now You Don’t: Class in America." Feminist Studies, Vol. 26, No. 2, Women and Health, Summer 2000, pp. 499-501. JSTOR 3178547
  10. ^ Berlet, Chip; Lyons, Matthew N. Right-wing Populism in America: Too Close for Comfort. New York: Guilford Press, 2000. ISBN 9781572305687 ISBN 978-1572305625 OCLC 185635579 (p. v)
  11. ^ a b c d e f Phillips, Ronnie J. Review of Trilateralism: The Trilateral Commission and Elite Planning for World Management, by Holly Sklar. Library Journal, vol. 106, no. 8 (Apr. 15, 1981), p. 870. JSTOR 24458454.
  12. ^ a b c d e f Bancroft, Nancy; Knapp, Peter H. Review of Trilateralism: The Trilateral Commission and Elite Planning for World Management, by Holly Sklar. CrossCurrents, vol. 31, no. 3 (Fall 1981), pp. 349-351.
  13. ^ Rivière, Jean. Review of Trilateralism: The Trilateral Commission and Elite Planning for World Management, by Holly Sklar. Revue Française d'études Américaines, no. 16, Intellectuals in the United States (Février 83), p. 167. JSTOR 20873002.
  14. ^ Review of Washington's War on Nicaragua, by Holly Sklar. Publishers Weekly (Jun. 28, 1999).
  15. ^ Williams, Philip J. "The Nicaraguan Revolution in Perspective." Review of Nicaragua Divided: La Prensa and the Chamorro Legacy, by Patricia Taylor Edmisten; To Lead as Equals: Rural Protest and Political Consciousness in Chinandega, Nicaragua, 1912-1979, by Jeffrey Gould; Thanks to God and the Revolution: The Oral History of a Nicaraguan Family, by Dianne Walta Hart; Life Stories of the Nicaraguan Revolution, by Denis Lynn Daly Heyck; Washington's War on Nicaragua, by Holly Sklar. Latin American Research Review, vol. 27, no. 2 (1992), pp. 227-236. JSTOR 2503757.
  16. ^ Morales, Waltraud Queiser. Washington's War on Nicaragua, by Holly Sklar. Third World Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 2 (Apr. 1990), pp. 165-168. JSTOR 3992271.
  17. ^ Review of Streets of Hope: The Fall and Rise of an Urban Neighborhood, by Holly Sklar. Sustainable Communities Online.
  18. ^ von Hoffman, Alexander. Streets of Hope: The Fall and Rise of an Urban Neighborhood, by Peter Medoff & Holly Sklar; Defending Community: The Struggle for Alternative Redevelopment in Cedar-Riverside, by Randy Stoecker; Community Builders: A Tale of Neighborhood Mobilization in Two Cities, by Gordana Rabrenovic. Journal of American History, vol. 85, no. 2 (Sep. 1998), pp. 761-763. JSTOR 2567902. doi:10.2307/2567902.
  19. ^ Hyde, Cheryl. Review of Streets of Hope: The Fall and Rise of an Urban Neighborhood, by Holly Sklar. Contemporary Sociology, vol. 25, no. 3 (May 1996), pp. 375-376. JSTOR 2077475. doi:10.2307/2077475.
  20. ^ MacKintosh, Maureen. Review of Chaos Or Community?: Seeking Solutions, Not Scapegoats for Bad Economics, by Holly Sklar. Feminist Review, no. 60, Special Issue: Feminist Ethics and the Politics of Love (Autumn 1998), pp. 134-135. JSTOR 1395563.
  21. ^ Review of Shifting Fortunes: The Perils of the Growing American Wealth Gap, by Holly Sklar. Whole Earth, no. 102 (Fall 2000), p. 97.
  22. ^ Shulman, Beth. "Down and Out in America." Reviews of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America, by Barbara Ehrenreich; Raise the Floor: Wages and Policies That Work for All of Us, with Laryssa Mykyta & Susan Wefald. New Labor Forum, no. 11 (Fall-Winter 2002), pp. 120-125. JSTOR 40342370.
  23. ^ Bartik, Timothy J. Review of Raise the Floor: Wages and Policies That Work for All of Us, with Laryssa Mykyta and Susan Wefald. ILR Review, vol. 56, no. 4 (Jul. 2003), pp. 736-737. JSTOR 3590970. doi:10.2307/3590970.
  24. ^ Moreno, Dario. "Thunder on the Left: Radical Critiques of U.S. Central American Policy." Review of Reagan, Trilateralism, and the Neoliberals: Containment and Intervention in the 1980s, by Holly Sklar. Latin American Research Review, vol. 26, no. 3 (1991), pp. 226-234. JSTOR 2503673
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