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Books like Best Things First

Poor Economics
by Abhijit V. Banerjee • 2011
Poverty is not one problem but many small ones. Randomized trials reveal which fixes actually work.
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🏗️ Development Economics🌍 Global Poverty🧪 Randomized Controlled Trials📊 Evidence-Based Policy🧠 Behavioral Economics
Poor Economics Summary
Poor Economics 97%
Poverty is not one problem but many small ones. Randomized trials reveal which fixes actually work.
by Abhijit V. Banerjee 2011
4.27
25k+ ratings
🏗️ Development Economics🌍 Global Poverty🧪 Randomized Controlled Trials📊 Evidence-Based Policy🧠 Behavioral Economics
How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place
by Bjørn Lomborg • 2006
Climate change or malaria? Economists priced both; the returns were not what anyone assumed.
3.38
156
🧮 Effective Altruism⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis🌍 International Development🏥 Global Health🌡️ Climate Economics
How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place Summary
How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place 96%
Climate change or malaria? Economists priced both; the returns were not what anyone assumed.
by Bjørn Lomborg 2006
3.38
156 ratings
🧮 Effective Altruism⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis🌍 International Development🏥 Global Health🌡️ Climate Economics
Great Escape
by Angus Deaton • 2013
Life expectancy doubled, incomes soared, and inequality became the price of progress.
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🏛️ Economic History⚖️ Income Inequality🌍 Global Health📈 Poverty Reduction📊 Measuring Wellbeing
Great Escape Summary
Great Escape 95%
Life expectancy doubled, incomes soared, and inequality became the price of progress.
by Angus Deaton 2013
3.81
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Economic History⚖️ Income Inequality🌍 Global Health📈 Poverty Reduction📊 Measuring Wellbeing
The Life You Can Save
by Peter Singer • 2009
Child drowning: you'd wade in. Child dying of malaria: $10 saves her. The moral math is identical.
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🧮 Effective Altruism🌍 Global Poverty⚖️ Utilitarian Ethics💝 Charitable Giving🌐 Global Justice
The Life You Can Save Summary
The Life You Can Save 94%
Child drowning: you'd wade in. Child dying of malaria: $10 saves her. The moral math is identical.
by Peter Singer 2009
4.15
7k+ ratings
🧮 Effective Altruism🌍 Global Poverty⚖️ Utilitarian Ethics💝 Charitable Giving🌐 Global Justice
The White Man's Burden
by William Easterly • 2006
$2.3 trillion in aid left the poorest no better off. A World Bank insider explains why.
3.83
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📈 Development Economics🔍 Aid Skepticism🌱 Bottom-Up Development🔗 Colonial Legacies🗳️ Public Choice Theory
The White Man's Burden Summary
The White Man's Burden 94%
$2.3 trillion in aid left the poorest no better off. A World Bank insider explains why.
by William Easterly 2006
3.83
6k+ ratings
📈 Development Economics🔍 Aid Skepticism🌱 Bottom-Up Development🔗 Colonial Legacies🗳️ Public Choice Theory
The End of Poverty
by Jeffrey D. Sachs • 2005
One billion people stuck below a dollar a day: the traps, the diagnosis, the way out.
3.69
11k+
📈 Development Economics🪤 Poverty Traps🦟 Disease Burden💰 Foreign Aid🌐 Multilateralism
The End of Poverty Summary
The End of Poverty 94%
One billion people stuck below a dollar a day: the traps, the diagnosis, the way out.
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2005
3.69
11k+ ratings
📈 Development Economics🪤 Poverty Traps🦟 Disease Burden💰 Foreign Aid🌐 Multilateralism
The Most Good You Can Do
by Peter Singer • 2015
Your charitable instincts are probably wrong. A dollar overseas can do a hundred times more good.
3.80
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🎯 Effective Altruism⚖️ Utilitarianism📊 Evidence-Based Charity🌍 Global Poverty💼 Social Impact Careers
The Most Good You Can Do Summary
The Most Good You Can Do 94%
Your charitable instincts are probably wrong. A dollar overseas can do a hundred times more good.
by Peter Singer 2015
3.80
4k+ ratings
🎯 Effective Altruism⚖️ Utilitarianism📊 Evidence-Based Charity🌍 Global Poverty💼 Social Impact Careers
Doing Good Better
by William MacAskill • 2015
The most effective charities outperform the rest a hundredfold, and popularity points the wrong way.
4.17
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🧮 Effective Altruism📊 Evidence-Based Giving🌍 Global Poverty⚖️ Utilitarianism💼 Career Strategy
Doing Good Better Summary
Doing Good Better 94%
The most effective charities outperform the rest a hundredfold, and popularity points the wrong way.
by William MacAskill 2015
4.17
8k+ ratings
🧮 Effective Altruism📊 Evidence-Based Giving🌍 Global Poverty⚖️ Utilitarianism💼 Career Strategy
The Bottom Billion
by Paul Collier • 2007
Four traps keep a billion people poor, and the usual remedies only tighten them.
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📈 Development Economics🪤 Poverty Traps🛢️ Resource Curse🏚️ Fragile States💣 Conflict Economics
The Bottom Billion Summary
The Bottom Billion 94%
Four traps keep a billion people poor, and the usual remedies only tighten them.
by Paul Collier 2007
3.85
8k+ ratings
📈 Development Economics🪤 Poverty Traps🛢️ Resource Curse🏚️ Fragile States💣 Conflict Economics
In Our Hands
by Charles Murray • 2006
Eliminate every welfare program. Send every adult one check. It costs less and ends poverty.
3.74
290
🏦 Universal Basic Income📋 Welfare Reform🏘️ Civil Society🗽 Libertarian Economics🛡️ Social Insurance
In Our Hands Summary
In Our Hands 93%
Eliminate every welfare program. Send every adult one check. It costs less and ends poverty.
by Charles Murray 2006
3.74
290 ratings
🏦 Universal Basic Income📋 Welfare Reform🏘️ Civil Society🗽 Libertarian Economics🛡️ Social Insurance
Good Economics for Hard Times
by Abhijit V. Banerjee • 2019
The data on immigration, trade, and inequality contradicts everything the policy fight assumes.
4.22
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📊 Economic Policy🧠 Behavioral Economics📋 Evidence-Based Policy🌍 Migration🌱 Development Economics
Good Economics for Hard Times Summary
Good Economics for Hard Times 93%
The data on immigration, trade, and inequality contradicts everything the policy fight assumes.
by Abhijit V. Banerjee 2019
4.22
15k+ ratings
📊 Economic Policy🧠 Behavioral Economics📋 Evidence-Based Policy🌍 Migration🌱 Development Economics
The Tyranny of Experts
by William Easterly • 2014
Poverty isn't a knowledge gap; it's a power gap. A century of development got it backward.
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📈 Development Economics🌐 International Aid⚙️ Technocratic Critique✊ Rights-Based Development🏛️ Colonial Legacies
The Tyranny of Experts Summary
The Tyranny of Experts 93%
Poverty isn't a knowledge gap; it's a power gap. A century of development got it backward.
by William Easterly 2014
3.87
1k+ ratings
📈 Development Economics🌐 International Aid⚙️ Technocratic Critique✊ Rights-Based Development🏛️ Colonial Legacies
Portfolios of the Poor
by Daryl Collins • 2009
Hand-to-mouth is a myth. On $2 a day, the poor juggle a dozen financial instruments just to survive.
3.95
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🌍 Development Economics💰 Microfinance🏦 Financial Inclusion🕳️ Poverty Traps🤝 Informal Economy
Portfolios of the Poor Summary
Portfolios of the Poor 93%
Hand-to-mouth is a myth. On $2 a day, the poor juggle a dozen financial instruments just to survive.
by Daryl Collins 2009
3.95
1k+ ratings
🌍 Development Economics💰 Microfinance🏦 Financial Inclusion🕳️ Poverty Traps🤝 Informal Economy
Gambling on Development
by Stefan Dercon • 2022
Elite bets on growth, not aid or policy, explain why some nations prosper and others stall.
4.02
275
🏗️ Development Economics⚖️ Political Economy🏛️ State Capacity👥 Political Elites💸 Foreign Aid
Gambling on Development Summary
Gambling on Development 93%
Elite bets on growth, not aid or policy, explain why some nations prosper and others stall.
by Stefan Dercon 2022
4.02
275 ratings
🏗️ Development Economics⚖️ Political Economy🏛️ State Capacity👥 Political Elites💸 Foreign Aid
What We Owe Each Other
by Minouche Shafik • 2021
The safety net is fraying from childhood to old age. A single plan to rewire it.
3.85
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🏛️ Social Policy📉 Economic Inequality👷 Labor Markets🎓 Education Reform👶 Early Childhood
What We Owe Each Other Summary
What We Owe Each Other 93%
The safety net is fraying from childhood to old age. A single plan to rewire it.
by Minouche Shafik 2021
3.85
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Social Policy📉 Economic Inequality👷 Labor Markets🎓 Education Reform👶 Early Childhood
How Economics Can Save the World
by Erik Angner • 2023
Economics isn't just about money; it's a proven toolkit for poverty, climate, and your wellbeing.
3.61
288
🧠 Behavioral Economics🧩 Cognitive Biases👶 Evidence-Based Parenting💰 Cash Transfers🌍 Carbon Pricing
How Economics Can Save the World Summary
How Economics Can Save the World 93%
Economics isn't just about money; it's a proven toolkit for poverty, climate, and your wellbeing.
by Erik Angner 2023
3.61
288 ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics🧩 Cognitive Biases👶 Evidence-Based Parenting💰 Cash Transfers🌍 Carbon Pricing
The Locust Effect
by Gary A. Haugen • 2013
Poverty's root cause is violence, not economics. The aid industry has been fixing the wrong problem.
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🏚️ Global Poverty📈 Development Economics⚖️ Rule Of Law⛓️ Human Trafficking🏠 Property Rights
The Locust Effect Summary
The Locust Effect 93%
Poverty's root cause is violence, not economics. The aid industry has been fixing the wrong problem.
by Gary A. Haugen 2013
4.32
2k+ ratings
🏚️ Global Poverty📈 Development Economics⚖️ Rule Of Law⛓️ Human Trafficking🏠 Property Rights
Common Sense
by Joel Greenblatt • 2020
The same incentive logic that picks stocks can fix schools, wages, and banks.
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276
🏛️ Economic Policy📚 Education Reform💡 Market-Based Solutions🪢 Social Safety Net🏦 Banking Reform
Common Sense Summary
Common Sense 92%
The same incentive logic that picks stocks can fix schools, wages, and banks.
by Joel Greenblatt 2020
3.65
276 ratings
🏛️ Economic Policy📚 Education Reform💡 Market-Based Solutions🪢 Social Safety Net🏦 Banking Reform
How to Prevent the Next Pandemic
by Bill Gates • 2022
Most of COVID's suffering was avoidable. The blueprint to ensure nothing like it happens again.
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🌍 Global Health🦠 Pandemic Preparedness🏛️ Public Health Policy🧫 Infectious Disease💉 Vaccine Development
How to Prevent the Next Pandemic Summary
How to Prevent the Next Pandemic 92%
Most of COVID's suffering was avoidable. The blueprint to ensure nothing like it happens again.
by Bill Gates 2022
3.76
2k+ ratings
🌍 Global Health🦠 Pandemic Preparedness🏛️ Public Health Policy🧫 Infectious Disease💉 Vaccine Development
Naked Economics
by Charles Wheelan • 2002
Markets are brilliant and broken. Incentives explain why. Economics without the equations.
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📚 Economic Literacy🧭 Incentives And Behavior⚠️ Market Failures🌐 Globalization And Trade🌱 Development Economics
Naked Economics Summary
Naked Economics 92%
Markets are brilliant and broken. Incentives explain why. Economics without the equations.
by Charles Wheelan 2002
4.03
20k+ ratings
📚 Economic Literacy🧭 Incentives And Behavior⚠️ Market Failures🌐 Globalization And Trade🌱 Development Economics
The Age of Sustainable Development
by Jeffrey D. Sachs • 2015
Growth, inclusion, and sustainability are the same project. Sacrifice one, and the others collapse.
4.21
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🌱 Sustainable Development📊 Development Economics🌍 Global Poverty🌡️ Climate Economics📜 Environmental Policy
The Age of Sustainable Development Summary
The Age of Sustainable Development 92%
Growth, inclusion, and sustainability are the same project. Sacrifice one, and the others collapse.
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2015
4.21
856 ratings
🌱 Sustainable Development📊 Development Economics🌍 Global Poverty🌡️ Climate Economics📜 Environmental Policy
Mismeasuring Our Lives
by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2009
GDP tracks factories, not welfare. A Nobel economist's blueprint for a better number.
3.74
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📊 Economic Measurement📋 Social Indicators😊 Happiness Economics⚖️ Inequality Metrics🌱 Sustainability Accounting
Mismeasuring Our Lives Summary
Mismeasuring Our Lives 92%
GDP tracks factories, not welfare. A Nobel economist's blueprint for a better number.
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2009
3.74
338 ratings
📊 Economic Measurement📋 Social Indicators😊 Happiness Economics⚖️ Inequality Metrics🌱 Sustainability Accounting
The Capitalist Manifesto
by Johan Norberg • 2023
What brought extreme poverty from 29% to 8% in twenty years? The answer is not what you've been told
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🌍 Poverty Reduction🌐 Globalization Debate🏛️ Classical Liberalism📊 Data-Driven Economics🌤️ Climate Optimism
The Capitalist Manifesto Summary
The Capitalist Manifesto 92%
What brought extreme poverty from 29% to 8% in twenty years? The answer is not what you've been told
by Johan Norberg 2023
4.23
811 ratings
🌍 Poverty Reduction🌐 Globalization Debate🏛️ Classical Liberalism📊 Data-Driven Economics🌤️ Climate Optimism
Making Globalization Work
by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2006
Rich nations wrote global trade rules for themselves. A Nobel economist's plan to rewrite them.
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🌍 International Development📊 Development Economics⚡ Anti-Neoliberalism🏛️ Global Governance🚢 Trade Policy
Making Globalization Work Summary
Making Globalization Work 92%
Rich nations wrote global trade rules for themselves. A Nobel economist's plan to rewrite them.
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2006
3.85
2k+ ratings
🌍 International Development📊 Development Economics⚡ Anti-Neoliberalism🏛️ Global Governance🚢 Trade Policy
Progress
by Johan Norberg • 2016
Extreme poverty fell faster in 50 years than 500. And that is not even the headline.
4.03
2k+
📈 Progress Studies🌍 Global Development🔍 Declinism Debunked📊 Data-Driven History💡 Enlightenment Values
Progress Summary
Progress 92%
Extreme poverty fell faster in 50 years than 500. And that is not even the headline.
by Johan Norberg 2016
4.03
2k+ ratings
📈 Progress Studies🌍 Global Development🔍 Declinism Debunked📊 Data-Driven History💡 Enlightenment Values
The Mystery Of Capital
by Hernando de Soto • 2000
$9.3 trillion: what the world's poor already own and cannot borrow a dime against.
3.99
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🏠 Property Rights🌍 Development Economics🏘️ Informal Economies🏛️ Institutional Economics⚖️ Rule Of Law
The Mystery Of Capital Summary
The Mystery Of Capital 92%
$9.3 trillion: what the world's poor already own and cannot borrow a dime against.
by Hernando de Soto 2000
3.99
4k+ ratings
🏠 Property Rights🌍 Development Economics🏘️ Informal Economies🏛️ Institutional Economics⚖️ Rule Of Law
Economic Facts and Fallacies
by Thomas Sowellm • 2007
Five reasoning mistakes produce the policies you support, and they all backfire on the vulnerable.
4.23
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🏛️ Free Market Economics🔍 Economic Myths🧠 Logical Fallacies📊 Statistical Literacy🎓 Chicago School Economics
Economic Facts and Fallacies Summary
Economic Facts and Fallacies 92%
Five reasoning mistakes produce the policies you support, and they all backfire on the vulnerable.
by Thomas Sowellm 2007
4.23
6k+ ratings
🏛️ Free Market Economics🔍 Economic Myths🧠 Logical Fallacies📊 Statistical Literacy🎓 Chicago School Economics
Join the Club
by Tina Rosenberg • 2011
Peer pressure has toppled dictators and slowed epidemics. The case for aiming it deliberately.
3.49
340
🫂 Peer Pressure✊ Social Movements🏥 Community Health🌍 International Development📚 Case Studies
Join the Club Summary
Join the Club 92%
Peer pressure has toppled dictators and slowed epidemics. The case for aiming it deliberately.
by Tina Rosenberg 2011
3.49
340 ratings
🫂 Peer Pressure✊ Social Movements🏥 Community Health🌍 International Development📚 Case Studies
A World of Three Zeros
by Muhammad Yunus • 2017
Capitalism's missing piece: businesses that solve poverty, earn their keep, and pay zero dividend.
3.69
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🏢 Social Entrepreneurship💰 Microfinance⚖️ Wealth Inequality🌍 Climate Economics🏠 Poverty Alleviation
A World of Three Zeros Summary
A World of Three Zeros 92%
Capitalism's missing piece: businesses that solve poverty, earn their keep, and pay zero dividend.
by Muhammad Yunus 2017
3.69
2k+ ratings
🏢 Social Entrepreneurship💰 Microfinance⚖️ Wealth Inequality🌍 Climate Economics🏠 Poverty Alleviation
An Economist in the Real World
by Kaushik Basu • 2015
Laws coordinate expectations, not just punish. What India's chief economist learned the hard way.
4.03
220
🏗️ Development Economics🇮🇳 Indian Economy💰 Monetary Policy🛡️ Corruption Control🍚 Food Security
An Economist in the Real World Summary
An Economist in the Real World 92%
Laws coordinate expectations, not just punish. What India's chief economist learned the hard way.
by Kaushik Basu 2015
4.03
220 ratings
🏗️ Development Economics🇮🇳 Indian Economy💰 Monetary Policy🛡️ Corruption Control🍚 Food Security
The Economics of Enough
by Diane Coyle • 2011
Modern economies steal from the future, and GDP hides the theft. A blueprint for fixing both.
3.43
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🏛️ Political Economy🌿 Environmental Economics📈 Sustainable Growth📊 Beyond Gdp⚖️ Economic Inequality
The Economics of Enough Summary
The Economics of Enough 92%
Modern economies steal from the future, and GDP hides the theft. A blueprint for fixing both.
by Diane Coyle 2011
3.43
116 ratings
🏛️ Political Economy🌿 Environmental Economics📈 Sustainable Growth📊 Beyond Gdp⚖️ Economic Inequality
The World's Banker
by Sebastian Mallaby • 2004
Wolfensohn went to Nigeria to speed development. A prison cell taught what no plan can.
3.79
266
🌱 Development Economics🤝 Multilateralism💵 Foreign Aid🛠️ Economic Reform💸 Corruption
The World's Banker Summary
The World's Banker 92%
Wolfensohn went to Nigeria to speed development. A prison cell taught what no plan can.
by Sebastian Mallaby 2004
3.79
266 ratings
🌱 Development Economics🤝 Multilateralism💵 Foreign Aid🛠️ Economic Reform💸 Corruption
Billions of Drops in Millions of Buckets
by Steven H. Goldberg • 2009
Philanthropy's defect: donations scatter, nothing scales. The fix looks like a stock market.
3.41
22
🏢 Nonprofit Management🌱 Social Entrepreneurship💸 Venture Philanthropy📊 Impact Measurement🎯 Prediction Markets
Billions of Drops in Millions of Buckets Summary
Billions of Drops in Millions of Buckets 92%
Philanthropy's defect: donations scatter, nothing scales. The fix looks like a stock market.
by Steven H. Goldberg 2009
3.41
22 ratings
🏢 Nonprofit Management🌱 Social Entrepreneurship💸 Venture Philanthropy📊 Impact Measurement🎯 Prediction Markets
Whole Numbers and Half Truths
by Rukmini S. • 2021
India's official numbers tell a story so inconvenient the government stopped publishing them.
4.21
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🗳️ Electoral Behavior📊 Data Journalism📈 Statistical Literacy🏛️ Social Conservatism💸 Poverty Measurement
Whole Numbers and Half Truths Summary
Whole Numbers and Half Truths 92%
India's official numbers tell a story so inconvenient the government stopped publishing them.
by Rukmini S. 2021
4.21
1k+ ratings
🗳️ Electoral Behavior📊 Data Journalism📈 Statistical Literacy🏛️ Social Conservatism💸 Poverty Measurement
False Alarm
by Bjørn Lomborg • 2020
Two trillion a year for one-twentieth of a degree: the smarter investments our panic overlooks.
4.16
3k+
🏛️ Climate Policy📊 Environmental Economics⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis🔋 Green Energy Innovation🛡️ Adaptation Strategies
False Alarm Summary
False Alarm 92%
Two trillion a year for one-twentieth of a degree: the smarter investments our panic overlooks.
by Bjørn Lomborg 2020
4.16
3k+ ratings
🏛️ Climate Policy📊 Environmental Economics⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis🔋 Green Energy Innovation🛡️ Adaptation Strategies
The Human Cost of Welfare
by Phil Harvey • 2016
Welfare was built to end poverty. Its rules punish work, marriage, and saving instead.
4.45
20
🏛️ Welfare Reform📉 Anti-Poverty Policy💼 Work Incentives🔗 Welfare Dependency🪢 Social Safety Net
The Human Cost of Welfare Summary
The Human Cost of Welfare 92%
Welfare was built to end poverty. Its rules punish work, marriage, and saving instead.
by Phil Harvey 2016
4.45
20 ratings
🏛️ Welfare Reform📉 Anti-Poverty Policy💼 Work Incentives🔗 Welfare Dependency🪢 Social Safety Net
Homelessness Is a Housing Problem
by Gregg Colburn • 2022
Homelessness rates don't track mental illness or poverty. They track rent and vacancy rates.
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1k+
� Housing Policy🏙️ Urban Economics🏘️ Affordable Housing🏡 Housing First🗺️ Urban Planning
Homelessness Is a Housing Problem Summary
Homelessness Is a Housing Problem 92%
Homelessness rates don't track mental illness or poverty. They track rent and vacancy rates.
by Gregg Colburn 2022
4.21
1k+ ratings
� Housing Policy🏙️ Urban Economics🏘️ Affordable Housing🏡 Housing First🗺️ Urban Planning
Building Social Business
by Muhammad Yunus • 1997
A business that returns your money and not a penny more. It beats charity and it scales.
3.98
2k+
🚀 Social Entrepreneurship💰 Microfinance🤝 Poverty Alleviation🏗️ Social Enterprise📊 Bottom Of The Pyramid
Building Social Business Summary
Building Social Business 92%
A business that returns your money and not a penny more. It beats charity and it scales.
by Muhammad Yunus 1997
3.98
2k+ ratings
🚀 Social Entrepreneurship💰 Microfinance🤝 Poverty Alleviation🏗️ Social Enterprise📊 Bottom Of The Pyramid
The Two Percent Solution
by Matt Miller • 2003
America's biggest domestic problems cost two percent of GDP to fix. That's the whole argument.
3.98
89
🏛️ Domestic Policy🏥 Healthcare Reform📚 Education Reform💰 Campaign Finance🤝 Bipartisan Solutions
The Two Percent Solution Summary
The Two Percent Solution 92%
America's biggest domestic problems cost two percent of GDP to fix. That's the whole argument.
by Matt Miller 2003
3.98
89 ratings
🏛️ Domestic Policy🏥 Healthcare Reform📚 Education Reform💰 Campaign Finance🤝 Bipartisan Solutions
40 Chances
by Howard G. Buffett • 2013
Forty planting seasons. What a farmer learned about why food aid fails and what actually works.
3.83
843
🌍 International Development🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🏞️ Soil Conservation📜 Land Rights🛒 Market-Based Aid
40 Chances Summary
40 Chances 92%
Forty planting seasons. What a farmer learned about why food aid fails and what actually works.
by Howard G. Buffett 2013
3.83
843 ratings
🌍 International Development🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🏞️ Soil Conservation📜 Land Rights🛒 Market-Based Aid
Giving Done Right
by Phil Buchanan • 2019
Nonprofits are not businesses. The distinct set of skills that effective giving actually requires.
3.85
146
🎯 Strategic Philanthropy🏢 Nonprofit Management📊 Impact Measurement🌍 Effective Altruism💰 Donor Advice
Giving Done Right Summary
Giving Done Right 92%
Nonprofits are not businesses. The distinct set of skills that effective giving actually requires.
by Phil Buchanan 2019
3.85
146 ratings
🎯 Strategic Philanthropy🏢 Nonprofit Management📊 Impact Measurement🌍 Effective Altruism💰 Donor Advice
Factfulness
by Hans Rosling • 2018
A chimp guessing at random outperforms experts on global trends. The data tells a better story.
4.35
203k+
🌏 Global Development🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Data Literacy📰 Negativity Bias⚠️ Risk Perception
Factfulness Summary
Factfulness 92%
A chimp guessing at random outperforms experts on global trends. The data tells a better story.
by Hans Rosling 2018
4.35
203k+ ratings
🌏 Global Development🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Data Literacy📰 Negativity Bias⚠️ Risk Perception
Capitalism, Alone
by Branko Milanović • 2019
Capitalism has no rivals left, only two forms. Each carries a contradiction that could unravel it.
4.11
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🏭 Global Capitalism🏛️ Political Economy📊 Inequality Economics🏗️ State-Led Development🇨🇳 China's Rise
Capitalism, Alone Summary
Capitalism, Alone 92%
Capitalism has no rivals left, only two forms. Each carries a contradiction that could unravel it.
by Branko Milanović 2019
4.11
1k+ ratings
🏭 Global Capitalism🏛️ Political Economy📊 Inequality Economics🏗️ State-Led Development🇨🇳 China's Rise
The Health Gap
by Michael G. Marmot • 2015
Life expectancy varies by 28 years within one city. The culprit is social hierarchy, not healthcare.
4.13
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🧬 Social Determinants Of Health⚖️ Health Equity🔬 Social Epidemiology📈 Social Gradient🏛️ Structural Inequality
The Health Gap Summary
The Health Gap 92%
Life expectancy varies by 28 years within one city. The culprit is social hierarchy, not healthcare.
by Michael G. Marmot 2015
4.13
2k+ ratings
🧬 Social Determinants Of Health⚖️ Health Equity🔬 Social Epidemiology📈 Social Gradient🏛️ Structural Inequality
The Cost-Benefit Revolution
by Cass R. Sunstein • 2018
Government rules used to be about politics. Then Reagan made them about arithmetic.
3.62
116
⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis📜 Regulatory Policy🏛️ Technocratic Governance⚠️ Risk Regulation📋 Administrative Law
The Cost-Benefit Revolution Summary
The Cost-Benefit Revolution 91%
Government rules used to be about politics. Then Reagan made them about arithmetic.
by Cass R. Sunstein 2018
3.62
116 ratings
⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis📜 Regulatory Policy🏛️ Technocratic Governance⚠️ Risk Regulation📋 Administrative Law
All You Can Eat
by Joel Berg • 2008
America has the food to feed everyone. Why 35 million still go hungry.
3.88
137
🍽️ Food Insecurity📋 Welfare Policy🔗 Systemic Poverty🏛️ Food Politics🎭 Charity Critique
All You Can Eat Summary
All You Can Eat 91%
America has the food to feed everyone. Why 35 million still go hungry.
by Joel Berg 2008
3.88
137 ratings
🍽️ Food Insecurity📋 Welfare Policy🔗 Systemic Poverty🏛️ Food Politics🎭 Charity Critique
The Prosperity Paradox
by Clayton M. Christensen • 2019
Poverty's cure is not aid. It is a business model aimed at people the market ignores.
4.27
1k+
🌍 Economic Development🏗️ Market Creation🔄 Disruptive Innovation📉 Bottom Of The Pyramid🏚️ Poverty Alleviation
The Prosperity Paradox Summary
The Prosperity Paradox 91%
Poverty's cure is not aid. It is a business model aimed at people the market ignores.
by Clayton M. Christensen 2019
4.27
1k+ ratings
🌍 Economic Development🏗️ Market Creation🔄 Disruptive Innovation📉 Bottom Of The Pyramid🏚️ Poverty Alleviation
Applied Economics
by Thomas Sowellm • 2003
Popular policies trade visible benefits for invisible costs. Applied economics reads the price tag.
4.18
3k+
🗳️ Political Economy🔮 Unintended Consequences🧠 Economic Reasoning🏠 Property Rights🌍 Immigration Economics
Applied Economics Summary
Applied Economics 91%
Popular policies trade visible benefits for invisible costs. Applied economics reads the price tag.
by Thomas Sowellm 2003
4.18
3k+ ratings
🗳️ Political Economy🔮 Unintended Consequences🧠 Economic Reasoning🏠 Property Rights🌍 Immigration Economics
Aid on the Edge of Chaos
by Ben Ramalingam • 2013
Aid agencies build blueprints for a clockwork world, but poverty is a tangled, living system.
3.89
153
🏳️ Foreign Aid🌍 International Development📉 Aid Effectiveness🔬 Complexity Theory🧠 Systems Thinking
Aid on the Edge of Chaos Summary
Aid on the Edge of Chaos 91%
Aid agencies build blueprints for a clockwork world, but poverty is a tangled, living system.
by Ben Ramalingam 2013
3.89
153 ratings
🏳️ Foreign Aid🌍 International Development📉 Aid Effectiveness🔬 Complexity Theory🧠 Systems Thinking
Utopia for Realists
by Rutger Bregman • 2014
Three policies sound absurd: free money, open borders, a fifteen-hour week. The evidence disagrees.
4.21
44k+
💸 Universal Basic Income🌍 Open Borders⏳ Work Reduction🏙️ Utopian Thinking🪙 Poverty Alleviation
Utopia for Realists Summary
Utopia for Realists 91%
Three policies sound absurd: free money, open borders, a fifteen-hour week. The evidence disagrees.
by Rutger Bregman 2014
4.21
44k+ ratings
💸 Universal Basic Income🌍 Open Borders⏳ Work Reduction🏙️ Utopian Thinking🪙 Poverty Alleviation
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