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(s)	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]

Works

Books

• Trilateralism: The Trilateral Commission and Elite Planning for World Management. Boston: South End Press (1980). ISBN 0896081036. OCLC 6958001. Excerpts.^[11][12][13]
• Washington's War on Nicaragua. Boston: South End Press (1988). ISBN 978-0896082953.^[14][15][16]
• Streets of Hope: The Fall and Rise of an Urban Neighborhood, 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, 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, with Rev. Paul H. Sherry. Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee and the National Council of Churches USA (Oct. 2005). ISBN 0977182010.

Articles

• "Responses to Michael Massing: The U.S. Left and Nicaragua." The Nation (Apr. 20, 1985), p. 460.
• "Reading Nicaragua." The Nation (Sep. 7, 1985), pp. 185-192.
• "Out of Africa." The Nation (Jan. 25, 1986), p. 87.
• "Still Alive, Contadora Challenges Cold War." In These Times (Apr. 8, 1987), p. 17.
• "Rainbow Future." The Nation, vol. 248, no. 4 (Jan. 30, 1989), pp. 113–114.
• "The N.E.D.'s Ex-Nazi Adviser: Harbinger of Democracy?" (with Chip Berlet). The Nation (Apr. 2, 1990), pp. 450-457.
• "N.E.D., C.I.A., and the Orwellian Democracy Project" (with Chip Berlet). CovertAction Information Bulletin, no. 39 (Winter 1991), pp. 10–13. Full issue.
• "An Economic Bill of Rights." Earth Island Journal, vol. 11, no. 4 (Fall 1996), p. 39.
• "Titans of the Enron Economy: The Ten Habits Of Highly Defective Corporations." The Nation (Jul. 18, 2002).
• "Wall Street Has Already Voted." Z Magazine (Nov. 1, 2010).

Book contributions

• "Trilateralism: Managing Dependence and Democracy." In: Trilateralism: The Trilateral Commission and Elite Planning for World Management. Boston: South End Press (1980), pp. 1–58. ISBN 0896081036. OCLC 6958001.^[11][12]
• "Founding the Trilateral Commission: Chronology 1970-1977." In: Trilateralism: The Trilateral Commission and Elite Planning for World Management. Boston: South End Press (1980), pp. 76–82. ISBN 0896081036. OCLC 6958001.^[11][12]
• "The Commission's Purpose, Structure, and Programs: In Its Own Words." In: Trilateralism: The Trilateral Commission and Elite Planning for World Management. Boston: South End Press (1980), pp. 83–89. ISBN 0896081036. OCLC 6958001.^[11][12]
• "Who's Who on the Trilateral Commission." In: Trilateralism: The Trilateral Commission and Elite Planning for World Management. Boston: South End Press (1980), pp. 90–122. ISBN 0896081036. OCLC 6958001.^[11][12]
• "Trilateralism and the Management of Contradictions." In: Trilateralism: The Trilateral Commission and Elite Planning for World Management. Boston: South End Press (1980), pp. 555–586. ISBN 0896081036. OCLC 6958001.^[11][12]
• "Increasing the Minimum Wage Can Help the Working Poor." In: Poverty: Opposing Viewpoints, edited by Karen Balkin. San Diego, Calif.: Greenhaven Press (2004), pp. 126–129. ISBN 978-0737716986.
• "Imagine a Country." In: Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study, by Paula Rothenberg. New York: Worth Publishers (2010), pp. 284–289.
• "Raising Minimum Wage Does Not Increase Unemployment." In: Unemployment, edited by David M. Haugen and Megan Susser. Detroit, Mich.: Greenhaven Press (2011), pp. 60–66. ISBN 978-0737752472.

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, with Scott Klinger. Boston: United for a Fair Economy (Apr. 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 (Mar. 1995). ISBN 978-0910082297.

Filmography

• Cold Warriors: The Trilateral Commission [Documentary] (1984).
• Holly Sklar on Wages and Work [Interview]. Bill Moyers Journal, PBS (Jun. 13, 2008).
  • Watch online. View transcript.