Holly Sklar

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]

Holly Sklar
Born	1955 New York, New York
Occupation	author, columnist, entrepreneur
Notable work	Trilateralism: The Trilateral Commission and Elite Planning for World Management (1980)

Biography

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

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]

Bibliography

Books

• 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. Excerpts available online.[11][12][13]
• Washington's War on Nicaragua. Boston: South End Press, 1988. ISBN 978-0896082953, ISBN 978-0896082960.[14][15][16]
• Streets of Hope: The Fall and Rise of an Urban Neighborhood. Co-authored with Peter Medoff. Boston: South End Press, 1994. ISBN 978-0896085114.[17][18][19]
• Chaos Or Community?: Seeking Solutions, Not Scapegoats for Bad Economics. Boston: South End Press, 1995. ISBN 978-0896085114.[20]
• Shifting Fortunes: The Perils of the Growing American Wealth Gap. Boston: United for a Fair Economy, 1999. ISBN 978-0965924924.[21]
• Raise the Floor: Wages and Policies that Work for All of Us. Co-authored with Laryssa Mykyta & Susan Wefald. Boston: South End Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0896086838.[22][23]
• A Just Minimum Wage: Good for Workers, Business, and Our Future. Co-authored with Rev. Paul H. Sherry. Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee and the National Council of Churches USA, October 2005. ISBN 0977182010.

Selected articles

• "Wall Street Has Already Voted." Z Magazine, November 1, 2010.
• "Rainbow Future." The Nation, Vol. 248, No. 4, January 30, 1989, pp. 113-114.
• "NED, CIA, and the Orwellian Democracy Project." Co-authored with Chip Berlet. CovertAction Information Bulletin, No. 39, Winter 1991, pp. 10-13. Full issue available.
• "An Economic Bill of Rights." Earth Island Journal, Vol. 11, No. 4, Fall 1996, p. 39.

Book chapters

• "Trilateralism: Managing Dependence and Democracy." Trilateralism: The Trilateral Commission and Elite Planning for World Management. Boston: South End Press, 1980, pp. 1-58. ISBN 0-89608-103-6, ISBN 0-89608-104-4, OCLC 6958001.[11][12]
• "Founding the Trilateral Commission: Chronology 1970-1977." Trilateralism: The Trilateral Commission and Elite Planning for World Management. Boston: South End Press, 1980, pp. 76-82. ISBN 0-89608-103-6, ISBN 0-89608-104-4, OCLC 6958001.[11][12]
• "The Commission’s Purpose, Structure, and Programs: In Its Own Words." Trilateralism: The Trilateral Commission and Elite Planning for World Management. Boston: South End Press, 1980, pp. 83-89. ISBN 0-89608-103-6, ISBN 0-89608-104-4, OCLC 6958001.[11][12]
• "Who’s Who on the Trilateral Commission." Trilateralism: The Trilateral Commission and Elite Planning for World Management. Boston: South End Press, 1980, pp. 90-122. ISBN 0-89608-103-6, ISBN 0-89608-104-4, OCLC 6958001.[11][12]
• "Trilateralism and the Management of Contradictions." Trilateralism: The Trilateral Commission and Elite Planning for World Management. Boston: South End Press, 1980, pp. 555-586. ISBN 0-89608-103-6, ISBN 0-89608-104-4, OCLC 6958001.[11][12]

Book contributions

• "Increasing the Minimum Wage Can Help the Working Poor." Poverty: Opposing Viewpoints, edited by Karen Balkin, San Diego, California: Greenhaven Press, 2004. pp. 126–129. ISBN 978-0737716986, ISBN 978-0737716979.
• "Raising Minimum Wage Does Not Increase Unemployment." Unemployment, edited by David M. Haugen & Megan Susser, Detroit, Michigan: Greenhaven Press, 2011. pp. 60–66. ISBN 978-0737752472, ISBN 978-0737752489.

Pamphlets

• Poverty in the American Dream: Women & Children First. INC Pamphlet, No. 1. New York: Institute for New Communications, 1983. ISBN 978-0896081970, OCLC 10250764.
• Plant Closures: Myths, Realities, and Responses. No. 3. Boston: South End Press, 1985. ISBN 978-0896082120, OCLC 12972734.
• Reagan, Trilateralism, and the Neoliberals: Containment and Intervention in the 1980s. No. 4. Boston: South End Press, 1986. ISBN 978-0896082137, OCLC 13456393.[24]
• Titans of the Enron Economy: The Ten Habits of Highly Defective Corporations. Co-authored with Scott Klinger. Boston: United for a Fair Economy, April 10, 2002.

Posters

• Who's Who in the Reagan Administration. Boston: South End Press, 1981. OCLC 13688462.

Reports

• Jobs, Income, and Work: Ruinous Trends, Urgent Alternatives. Community Relations Division, March 1995. ISBN 978-0910082297.

Filmography

• Cold Warriors: The Trilateral Commission (Documentary). 1984.
• Holly Sklar on Wages and Work (Interview). Bill Moyers Journal, PBS, June 13, 2008. Watch online. Transcript available.

References

1. "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. "About Holly Sklar." Entrepreneur.com
7. "Holly Sklar CEO, Business for a Fair Minimum Wage." American Sustainable Business Council.
8. "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. Phillips, Ronnie J. Review of Trilateralism: The Trilateral Commission and Elite Planning for World Management, by Holly Sklar. Library Journal, Vol. 106, No. 8, April 15, 1981, p. 870. JSTOR 24458454
12. 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. Publisher’s Weekly, June 28, 1999.
15. Williams, Philip J. "The Nicaraguan Revolution in Perspective." 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, April 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, September 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, 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. Co-authored 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. Co-authored with Laryssa Mykyta & Susan Wefald. ILR Review, Vol. 56, No. 4, July 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

External links

• Holly Sklar at Internet Archive
• Holly Sklar in libraries (WorldCat catalog)