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BY HA-JOON CHANG Thing 1: There is no such thing as free market. Thing 4: The washing machine has changed the world more than the Internet. Thing 5: Assume the worst about people & you get the worst.Thing 13: Making rich people richer doesn't make the rest of us richer. This is a lighthearted book with a serious purpose: to question the assumptions behind the dogma and sheer hype that the dominant school of neoliberal economists-the apostles of the freemarket-have spun since the Age of Reagan.
Bloomsbury Press 2011 286 PP. Cloth
$25.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)
A Guide To Economic Theology
BY DUNCAN FOLEY A member of Morningside Meeting in New York, Duncan Foley attempts to separate the economic sphere of life from the rest of social life, where the pursuit of self-interest is morally problematic and has to be weighed against other ends. Smith argued that the "market" results in tremendous gains in productivity, which lead to a higher standard of living, yet the market does not address the problem of how this gain in wealth is to be divided among the members of society, nor does it address such problems as the well-being of the planet. Beautifully written with interesting observations and insights on almost every page.
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2008 265 PP. Paper
$17.95 (in stock)
From Phantom Wealth To Real Wealth
BY DAVID KORTEN Today's economic crisis is the worst since the Great Depression. However, as David Korten shows, the steps being taken to address it do nothing to deal with the reality of a failed economic system. It's like treating cancer with a bandage. Korten identifies the deeper sources of the failure: Wall Street institutions that have perfected the art of creating "wealth" without producing anything of real value: phantom wealth. Our hope lies not with Wall Street, Korten argues, but with Main Street, which creates real wealth from real resources to meet real needs. He outlines an agenda to bring into being a new economy - locally based and devoted to creating a better life for all.
Berrett-Koehler 2009 196 PP. Paper
$19.95 (in stock)
The King Legacy
BY MARTIN LUTHER KING,JR EDITED BY MICHAEL HONEY An unprecedented and timely collection of Dr. King's speeches on labor rights and economic justice. People forget that Dr. King was every bit as committed to economic justice as he was to ending racial segregation. He fought throughout his life to connect the labor and civil rights movements, envisioning them as twin pillars for social reform. As we struggle with massive unemployment, a staggering racial wealth gap, and the near collapse of a financial system that puts profits before people, King's prophetic writings and speeches underscore his relevance for today.
Beacon 2011 224 PP. Cloth
$26.95 (out of stock but can be backordered)
Native Struggles For Land And Life
BY WINONA LADUKE The non-fiction debut by the acclaimed Native Environmental activist is a thoughtful and in-depth account of Native resistance to environmental and cultural degradation. Herunique understanding of Native ideas and people is born from long years of experience, and her analysis is deepened with inspiring testimonies by local Native activists sharing the struggle for survival. LaDuke speaks forcefully for self-determination and community. Hers is a beautiful and daring vision of political, spiritual, and ecological transformation. All Our Relations features chapters on the Seminoles, the Anishinaabeg, the Innu, the Northern Cheyenne, and the Mohawks, among others.
South End Press 1999 241 PP. Paper
$17.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)
BY CHED MYERS A short, key, text that gives voice to Myers challenging ideas of non violence and liberation theology lived prophetically in the modern world. Culled from articles in Other side and other journals.
Potters House 2001 72 PP. Paper
$10.00 (in stock)
The Story Behind The U.s. Racial Wealth Divide
BY MEIZHU LUI, BARBARA ROBLES, BETSY LEONDAR-WRIGHT For every dollar owned by the average white family in the United States, the average family of color has less than a dime. Why do people of color have so little wealth? Written by five leading experts on the racial wealth divide who recount the asset-building histories of Native Americans, Latinos, African Americans, Asian Americans, and European Americans, this book is a uniquely comprehensive multicultural history of American wealth. Published in conjunction with United for a Fair Economy, The Color of Wealth suggests that until government policy tackles disparities in wealth, not just income, the United States will never have racial and economic justice.
New Press 2006 326 PP. Paper
Remaking The Way We Make Things
BY WILLIAM MCDONOUGH, MICHAEL BRAUNGART A manifesto for a radically different philosophy and practice of manufacture and environmentalism. Instead of "Reduce, reuse, recycle" why not design Products might so that, after their first useful life, they provide nourishment for something new-either as "biological nutrients" that safely re-enter the environment or as "technical nutrients" that circulate within closed-loop industrial cycles, without being "downcycled" into low-grade uses (as most "recyclables" now are).
North Point Press 2002 208 PP. Paper
$15.00 (in stock)
Social Business And The Future Of Capitalism
BY MUHAMMAD YUNUS The founder of the microlending pioneer, the Grameen Bank, outlines his vision for a new business model, which he calls Social Business, that combines the power of free markets with the quest for a more humane world improving real wealth, healthcare, education and the environment for all. He tells the inspiring stories of companies that are doing this work today.
Public Affairs Books 2008 261 PP. Cloth
$26.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)
Economic Possibilities For Our Time
BY JEFFREY SACHS Rather than deliver a worldview to readers from on high, Sachs leads them along the learning path he himself followed, telling the remarkable stories of his own work in Bolivia, Poland, Russia, India, China, and Africa as a way to bring readers to a broad-based understanding of the array of issues countries can face and the way the issues interrelate. He concludes by drawing on everything he has learned to offer an integrated set of solutions to the interwoven economic, political, environmental, and social problems that most frequently hold societies back. In the end, he leaves readers with an understanding, not of how daunting the world's problems are, but how solvable they are.
Penguin 2006 398 PP. Paper
$17.00 (in stock)
How We Free Today's Slaves
BY KEVIN BALES In his 1999 book, Disposable People, British Quaker author Kevin Bales brought to light the shocking fact of modern slavery and described how, nearly two hundred years after the slave trade was abolished (legal slavery would have to wait another fifty years), global slavery stubbornly persists. In Ending Slavery, Bales again grapples with the struggle to end this ancient evil and presents the ideas and insights that can finally lead to slavery's extinction. Recalling his own involvement in the antislavery movement, he recounts a personal journey in search of the solution and explains how governments and citizens can build a world without slavery.
University of California 2007 274 PP. Cloth
$24.95 (in stock)
Kenneth Boulding & John Bellers
BY KEITH HELMUTH "I suggest the Society of Friends has a great intellectual task ahead of it, the task in question is spiritual as well as intellectual, in the sense that it involves not merely abstract knowledge, but love and community... The search today is for a human identity which will permit us to live in peace" -Kenneth Boulding 1964. "He that doth not write whilst he is alive, can't Speak when he is dead. And if a Man shall not be heard in the age, and the Country he lives in, if what he writes is for the general good of Mankind, he may be more minded in other Countries, or in succeeding Generations." - John Bellers 1699
Chapel Hill Editions 2011 55 PP. Paper
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Reviving Faith And Politics In A Post-religious Right America
BY JIM WALLIS Jim Wallis notices the factors which are bringing and should bring Christian movements together, and calls for people of faith to become people of action through taking a stand on social issues.
HCP 2008 352 PP., Cloth
$25.95 (in stock)
From Empire To Earth Community
BY DAVID KORTEN Korten argues that global corporate consolidation of power is but one manifestation of what he calls "Empire" - the organization of society by hierarchies of dominance that have held sway for the past 5,000 years. Empire has always resulted in misery for the many and fortune for the few. Now it threatens the very future of humanity. The Great Turning traces the ancient roots of Empire and charts its long evolution from monarchies to the transnational institutions of the global economy.
Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2007 408 PP. Paper
$21.95 (in stock)
How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems
BY VAN JONES Now revised and updated, Van Jones's provocative and cutting edge New York Times bestseller The Green Collar Economy delivers a viable plan for solving the two biggest issues facing the country today-the economy and the environment. "Brother Van Jones is a visionary who spells out real solutions in black and white-and, of course, green. Van's vision of a thriving, green economy doesn't have throw-away things or throw-away people. It's the kind of environmentalism everyone can get behind." - Mario Van Peebles
HarperOne 2009 270 PP. Paper
$14.99 (in stock)
Building Graceful Economies
BY ANDREW MCLEOD Holy Cooperation is an examination of what the Bible says about social organizing, and an exploration of some of the many cooperative ways that Christians have worked together in the last two thousand or so years. This same style of organizing can also be found in the modern cooperative movement, which is made up of thousands of democratically controlled businesses serving millions of members worldwide. Nearly half of all Americans at some point in their day to day lives shop or receive services from a coop, and in the current financial state of the world it is an obvious alternative model to the current destructive system.
Wipf and Stock 2009 140 PP. Paper
With Taking Root And Rights On The Line Dvd's
BY AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE A useful resource for campaigns and meetings interested in working on Immigration. Pack contains. Two "No human being is illegal" car stickers and badge, Rights on the line / Derechos Sobre la Linea DVD, Taking root / Echando RaicesDVD, Honoring our human dignity pamphlet, "New Path toward a humane immigration Policy" booklet, Seeing that of God in our neighbors pamphlet. Compiled by AFSC
AFSC 2011 MANY ITEMS Boxed
$7.50 (out of stock but can be backordered)
Blue Collar Roots, White Collar Dreams
BY ALFRED LUBRANO In Limbo, award-winning journalist Alfred Lubrano identifies and describes an overlooked cultural phenomenon: the internal conflict within individuals raised in blue-collar homes, now living white-collar lives. These people often find that the values of the working class are not sufficient guidance to navigate the white-collar world, where unspoken rules reflect primarily upper-class values. Torn between the world they were raised in and the life they aspire too, they hover between worlds, not quite accepted in either. Himself the son of a Brooklyn bricklayer, Lubrano informs his account with personal experience and interviews with other professionals living in limbo.
Wiley 2005 256 PP. Paper
$19.95 (out of stock but can be backordered)
People Challenging Globalization
EDITED BY JOHN FEFFER The untold story of what ordinary people are doing -affirming responses to globalization: small farmers in Honduras, migrant workers in the Andes, urban poor in Bosnia, Cambodian woodcutters, Mexican textile workers, Korean community activists. We see their modest attempts to create alternatives and slowly the contours of a different way become clear - meeting the basic needs of these people, making sustainable improvements in their lives, and doing so in culturally appropriate ways based on active participation, solidarity and learning from one another. This is also a good introduction to AFSC's international programs.
AFSC/Zed Books 2002 172 PP Paper
BY GEORGE MONBIOT George Monbiot, a noted British journalist on environmental issues has been persona non grata in seven countries, was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment in Indonesia, has been shot at, beaten up by military police, shipwrecked, and stung into a coma during 7 years of investigative journeys across Africa, Asia, and the Americas. In this book he puts forward his ideas that could get us through our current crises, and improve the lifes of all the worlds people.
Free Press 2003 274 PP. Cloth
$5.50 (in stock)
Cross Border Organizing Since Nafta
EDITED BY RACHAEL KAMEL AND ANYA HOFFMAN A maquiladora or maquila is a factory that imports materials and equipment on a duty-free and tariff-free basis for assembly or manufacturing and then re-exports the assembled product, usually back to the originating country. Through more than two dozen readings from a variety of sources, this work reveals the determination and creativity of Maquiladora workers as they seek to improve their wages and working conditions, protect their communities from health and environmental hazards, and build cross-border relationships with unions, religious groups, community organizers, and others.
American Friends Service Committee 1999 131 PP. Paper
$14.95 (in stock)
The Secret World Of 27 Million People
BY KEVIN BALES, ZOE TRODD, ALEX KENT WILLIAMSON There are 27 million slaves alive today - more than at any other point in our history. Written by the world's leading experts, (including Quaker Kevin Bales) this examination combines original research with first-hand accounts from actual slaves to expose one of today's worst humanitarian crises. The first introductory guide to modern slavery in all its forms, coverage includes modern slavery's history, economy, health consequences, and gender, racial, and religious dynamics, and the pressures of armed conflict and environmental disaster.
One World 2009 224 PP. Paper
The Search For Enough With Henri Nouwen, Ched Myers Et Al
BY MICHAEL SCHUT Talking about money in a personal way remains more of a taboo than sex or politics. This seems odd within a Christian context since Jesus addressed topics of money, poverty and wealth more than probably any other concern. For many, money becomes an idol; it certainly has for our culture as we pursue "economic growth" no matter the cost to the overall well-being of God's entire creation. Where money is an idol, "enough" is always more than we have right now, and scarcity becomes the lens through which we see the world. On a personal level this book opens up issues of scarcity and abundance, idolatry and freedom; on a societal level it invites exploration of greater equity and sustainability.
MP Paper
$20.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)
BY BILL MOYERS Most Quakers (with TV's) are glued to them for Bill Moyers journal. Here is a collection of his blisteringly eloquent speeches some dating back as far as 1986, but still just as relevant today.
Anchor Books 2009 403 PP. Paper
$16.00 (in stock)
A Bigger Picture
BY DAVID BOYLE, ANDREW SIMMS The new economics turns our assumptions about wealth and poverty upside down. It shows us that real wealth can be measured by increased well-being and environmental sustainability rather than just having and consuming more things. This book is the first accessible and straightforward guide to the new economics. It describes the problems and bizarre contradictions in conventional economics as well as the principles of the emerging new economics, and it tells the real-world stories of how new economics is being successfully put into practice around the world.
Earthscan 2010 190 PP. Cloth
$24.95 (out of stock but can be backordered)
Ladonna Redmond's 2011 Gathering Plenary
BY LADONNA REDMOND This is an audio mp3 file of LaDonna Redmond's Plenary address at the 2011 FGC Gathering in Grinnell, Iowa. LaDonna is a long-time community activist who has successfully worked to get Chicago Public Schools to evaluate junk food, launched urban agricultural projects, started community grocery stores, and worked on federal farm policy to expand access to healthy food in low-income communities. "Stream this presentation free until September 15 at http://www.fgcquaker.org/quakerpress."
Quaker Press of FGC 2011 Audio
$5.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)
The Story Of The Grameen Bank
BY DAVID BORNSTIEN Drawing upon interviews with villagers, development workers, economists, and the Bank's founder Muhammad Yunus--a recipient of numerous humanitarian awards, including this years Nobel prize--the book shows how the Grameen Bank grew from an experiment in one village to an organization that lends billions of dollars in small individual loans.
Oxford University Press 1997 370 PP. Paper
$8.00 (in stock)
The Moral Dimensions Of Development Policy And Practice In Poor Countries
BY CHLOE SCHWENKE Chloe Schwenke, a Quaker, writes here of the moral dimension of development that include concepts such as human dignity, social justice, peace, the common good, gender equality, safety and security, participation and inclusion. Throughout the book, the author draws on her thirty years of experience in the field in poor countries around the world to give vivid real-life illustrations of the classic moral dilemmas in development ethics and to show how moral reasoning can clarify and resolve them.
Praeger 2009 174 PP. Paper
$29.95 (in stock)
On Wall Street, Main Street, And Your Street
BY JIM WALLIS In his new book Jim Wallis provides us with a moral compass for the new economy. WHEN WE START with the wrong question, no matter how good an answer we get, it won't give us the results we want. Rather than joining the throngs who are asking, When will this economic crisis be over? Jim Wallis says the right question to ask is How will this crisis change us? The worst thing we can do now is to go back to normal - that's what got us into this situation. We need a new normal. He starts with ideas like: Spending money we don't have for things we don't need is a bad foundation for an economy or a family, and other common sense but radical ideas.
Howard Books 2010 272 PP. Cloth
$24.00 (in stock)
Feminism And Nonviolence
EDITED BY PAM MCALLISTER SECONDHAND BOOK. In good condition, paperback. A wonderful anthology of womens writing on peace justice and feminism. Includes many Qyuaker contributors such as Margaret Hope Bacon.
New Society Press 1982 440 PP. Paper
$7.50 USED - availability checked Feb 11th 3:39am EST
The Biblical Vision Of Sabbath Economics Ched Myers
The Evolutionary Potential Of Quakerism Revisited Keith Helmuth
Right Relationship Peter Brown, Geoffrey Garver
Green Collar Economy 2nd Edition Van Jones
On Food Justice Ladonna Redmond
The Maquiladora Reader Rachael Kamel, Anya Hoffman
Reweaving The Web Of Life (3418) Pam McAllister
Rediscovering Values Jim Wallis
