In 2008 we watched as trillions of dollars vanished before our
eyes, enveloped in the crash and burn of Wall Street's bottom line.
As working Americans and retirees awake from the aftermath, we're
searching for answers and alternatives to the reckless loans and
dicey short-term bets that ravaged our savings and retirement
assets. Up From Wall Street: The Responsible Investment Alternative
makes the case that there are strategic and socially responsible
investment paths that have the capacity to rebuild our economy and
infrastructure, reinvigorate our cities, and create the
highly-anticipated green jobs of the future. Through real-life
stories and case studies, Thomas Croft illustrates how the
responsible investment of savings assets, pensions, insurance
funds, and other trusts can generate positive social, economic, and
environmental benefits - along with financial returns. Included in
the book is A Field Guide to Responsible Capital, which contains
descriptions of investment funds that are together managing over
$30 billion and provides a detailed analysis of some of the firms
and projects in which they invest. "Anyone with an interest in
making sure their savings are put to work in a manner that
strengthens our economy must read this volume." -Dr. Tessa Hebb,
author of No Small Change: Pension Funds and Corporate Engagement
"Up From Wall Street offers a path towards, and real life examples
of, investments in private equity and real estate that create value
for investors by producing sustainable wealth for businesses, their
employees, and communities alike." -David Wood, Director, The
Institute for Responsible Investment "This study captures a rising
wave of progressive investment activity that will define the
'prudent investor' standard for all investors in the future."
-Kirsten Snow Spalding, California Director, Ceres "I hope that ...
many of the people who pushed for change in Washington, D.C. across
America and our neighbors to the North will read this book."
-Richard L. Trumka, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO Thomas Croft is an
international expert on innovative capital strategies and
jobs-oriented economic revitalization policies. He serves as
Director of the Heartland Network and Executive Director of the
Steel Valley Authority and has authored or commissioned vital new
perspectives on alternative pension investment strategies and a
fair economy
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