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America: Who Stole the Dream?
Donald Bartlett and James Steele Kansas City, Mo: Andrews and McMeel, 1996. A scrupulously documented exposÈ of how U.S. government policies in the 1980's decimated the middle class and benefited the most wealthy.

A Beginner's Guide to the World Economy
Randy Charles Epping New York: Vintage, 1992. A concise, plain-language introduction to the factors and forces of economics on a global level.

Black Wealth, White Wealth: A New Perspective on Racial Inequality
Thomas M. Shapiro and Melvin Oliver New York: Routledge, 1995. A study of the perpetual wealth gap between races. The book discusses the institutional structures that have created and maintained this gap.

Bridging the Class Divide and Other Lessons from Grassroots Organizing
Linda Stout Boston: Beacon Press, 1997. The story of building a cross class peace organization in rural North Carolina, this book argues that cross class alliances are the key to creating positive change.

Chaos or Community? Seeking Solutions, Not Scapegoats for Bad Economics
Holly Sklar Boston: South End Press, 1995. A provocative critique of our current economic problems and the scapegoating that fuels it, as well as a vision for how things could be different.

The Culture of Contentment
John Kenneth Galbraith New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1992. An economist looks at the widening gap between rich and poor and the implication for our future.

Dollars and Sense Magazine
740 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02141, 617-876-2434, dollars@dollarsandsense.org, www.dollarsandsense.org A bi-monthly magazine that offers an alternative look at the economy with a vision for economic equity and justice.

The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability
Paul Hawken New York: HarperCollins, 1993. A proposal for how to radically reconceptualize the structure of the economy to support a sustainable planet.

Economic Apartheid in America: A Primer on Economic Inequality & Insecurity
Chuck Collins and Felice Yeskel New York: New Press, 2000. An action-oriented, movement-building guide to closing the widening gap between the rich and everyone else in this country. The book examines recent changes in income and wealth distribution, as well as the economic policies and shifts in power that have fueled the growing divide.

The Green Lifestyle Handbook
Jeremy Rifkin New York: Henry Holt, 1990. An anthology by 23 environmentalists of actions all of us can take in our personal lives at home, on the road and at the market.

The Hidden Injuries of Class
Richard Sennett and Jonathan Cobb New York: Vintage Books, 1972. A classic study that speaks to the issues of class that are made invisible by the denial of class in the U.S.

Killing Rage: Ending Racism
bell hooks New York: Henry Holt, 1995. A collection of some of hooks' most outstanding essays on the complexities of race, class and gender in U.S. culture.

Living with Racism: The Black Middle Class Experience
Joe Feagin and Melvin Sikes Boston: Beacon Press, 1994. A study of the manifestations of racism in the lives of middle and upper-middle class blacks.

Looking Forward: Participatory Economics for the Twenty-First Century
Michael Albert and Robert Hahnel Boston: South End Press, 1991. Describes in convincing detail how participatory economics could work as an alternative to capitalism and communism.

The Maximum Wage
Sam Pizzigati Apex Press, 1992. An argument for creating prosperity by limiting the ability of individuals to accumulate disproportionate wealth.

No More Prisons
William Upski Wimsatt Subway and Elevated/Soft Skull Press, 1999. http://www.nomoreprisons.net Urban Life, Homeschooling, Hip-Hop leadership, The Cool Rich Kids Movement, A Hitchhiker's Guide to Community Organizing, and Why Philanthropy is the Art Form of the 21st Century. It's got everything.

Out of the Class Closet: Lesbians Speak
Julia Penelope ed. Freedom, Ca: The Crossing Press, 1994. An anthology of first person accounts of lesbian life at every point in the class spectrum.

The Poverty of Affluence: A Psychological Portrait of the American Way of Life
Paul Wachtel Philadelphia: New Society Publishers, 1989. Examines the psychological underpinnings of our seemingly insatiable desire for growth and our vain attempts to fill non-material needs with material goods.

Rage of a Privileged Class
Ellis Close New York: Harper, 1994. An honest look at the struggles with racism that economically privileged African-Americans face.

The Ultimate Field Guide to the U.S. Economy
James Heintz, Nancy Folbre, and the Center for Popular Economics New Press, 2000. Short, easy-to-follow presentations that identify over 160 important economic issues and trends that affect our everyday lives.

Who Will Tell the People?
William Grieder New York: Simon and Schuster, 1992. An account of the extent to which American democracy is undermined by the influence of powerful organizations and individuals.

Women, Race and Class
Angela Davis New York: Random House, 1981. An analysis of race and class biases in the women's movement.

Women of the Upper Class
Susan Ostrander Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1987. An analysis of the attitudes and roles of upper-class women as subservient wives, dedicated mothers and committed community volunteers.