Top 50 Books on Amazon: How The Poor Can Save Capitalism

I just wanted to thank everyone over these holidays, for choosing my most recent bestselling book, “How The Poor Can Save Capitalism: Rebuilding the Path to the Middle Class,” as a gift to yourself, a loved one, or a business associate.  The result of...

“It is a fitting recognition of American history which we are sometimes all too willing to forget. The new building celebrates the start of a new era in African American history which has led to substantial progress in 150 years and will inevitably lead to more.”

Dr. James J. Heckman is the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, a Nobel Memorial Prize winner in economics and an expert in the economics of human development. 

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The Coca-Cola Company Commits $1 Million to Operation HOPE to empower Women & Girls.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Lisa M. Borders, Chair of The Coca-Cola Foundation, recently announced a $1 million contribution to Operation HOPE to provide financial education to women and girls primarily living in the southeastern United...

Just in from the Coca-Cola Company: A New Passion for Empowerment

View Caption Immediately after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize, plans for an interracial celebratory dinner in still-segregated Atlanta were not initially supported by the city’s business elite. It was the CEO of The Coca-Cola Company...
Archbishop-Emeritus Desmond Tutu Commends: Appreciation to U.S. Treasury for the Renaming of the Freedman’s Bank Building

Archbishop-Emeritus Desmond Tutu Commends: Appreciation to U.S. Treasury for the Renaming of the Freedman’s Bank Building

It goes without saying, there are fewer voices of moral authority, reason, balance and love in and for our world — globally — than Archbishop-Emeritus Desmond Tutu. We are blessed and honored to have the Archbishop-Emeritus on our Honorary Board for Global...

“Albert Hoover, Rebecca Massey, Sarah Johnson – those are just three people connected to Central Ohio who are listed among the estimated 70,000 customers of the Freedman’s Bank. Founded with the idea that smart financial management is integral to full participation in a free economy and democracy, this one-of-a-kind institution deserves to be remembered. Thank you President Obama and Treasury Secretary Lew for honoring its legacy.

“Just as important, the keys to overcoming deeply embedded poverty lie in returning to the founding ideal of Freedman’s Bank – that educated financial consumers can more fully participate in our economy and democracy. We should not forget this tenet. Even more, we should rededicate ourselves to achieving financial stability for everyone in our community.”

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