Author Bios

Brian T. Thorn is a recent graduate of the University of New Hampshire.

Marc Freedman is founder and CEO of Civic Ventures (encore.org). This article is adapted and excerpted for New Livelihoods, the Fall 2011 issue of YES! Magazine, from his book …

Andrew Lam is an editor with New America Media and author of Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora, and East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres. His latest book is Birds …

Yves Smith has been in and around finance for more than 30 years as an investment banker, management consultant to financial institutions across a large range of wholesale banking …