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⚖️ Global Priorities

A rigorous, often data-driven approach to determining where resources and attention can do the most good, weighing competing claims on humanity's collective conscience.
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
856
🌱 Sustainable Development📊 Development Economics🌍 Global Poverty🌡️ Climate Economics📜 Environmental Policy
The Age of Sustainable Development Summary
The Age of Sustainable Development 90%
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
One World
by Peter Singer • 2002
Borders do not contain carbon, missiles, or pandemics. They should not contain your conscience.
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1k+
🌍 Global Ethics🏛️ Cosmopolitanism💡 Effective Altruism🧮 Utilitarianism🌡️ Climate Ethics
One World Summary
One World 89%
Borders do not contain carbon, missiles, or pandemics. They should not contain your conscience.
by Peter Singer 2002
3.72
1k+ ratings
🌍 Global Ethics🏛️ Cosmopolitanism💡 Effective Altruism🧮 Utilitarianism🌡️ Climate Ethics
International Organizations
by Margaret P. Karns • 2004
How global cooperation actually works: the UN, regional bodies, and the NGOs bridging state limits.
3.53
162
🏛️ Global Governance🏢 International Organizations🤝 Multilateralism🇺🇳 United Nations📚 IR Theory
International Organizations Summary
International Organizations 89%
How global cooperation actually works: the UN, regional bodies, and the NGOs bridging state limits.
by Margaret P. Karns 2004
3.53
162 ratings
🏛️ Global Governance🏢 International Organizations🤝 Multilateralism🇺🇳 United Nations📚 IR Theory
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World
by Fareed Zakaria • 2020
COVID-19 hit fast-forward. Ten lessons for a digital, unequal, and bipolar world.
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6k+
🏛️ Public Policy🌐 International Relations🚨 Crisis Management💻 Digital Transformation⚖️ Economic Inequality
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World Summary
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World 89%
COVID-19 hit fast-forward. Ten lessons for a digital, unequal, and bipolar world.
by Fareed Zakaria 2020
3.96
6k+ ratings
🏛️ Public Policy🌐 International Relations🚨 Crisis Management💻 Digital Transformation⚖️ Economic Inequality
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 89%
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
Systems Thinking for Sustainable Development
by Edward Saja Sanneh • 2018
Energy, water, health, and waste are one system. Solve them separately and each solution unravels.
4.00
2
🧠 Systems Thinking🌍 Sustainable Development📋 Environmental Policy⚡ Renewable Energy💧 Water Security
Systems Thinking for Sustainable Development Summary
Systems Thinking for Sustainable Development 89%
Energy, water, health, and waste are one system. Solve them separately and each solution unravels.
by Edward Saja Sanneh 2018
4.00
2 ratings
🧠 Systems Thinking🌍 Sustainable Development📋 Environmental Policy⚡ Renewable Energy💧 Water Security
The Orbital Perspective
by Ron Garan • 2015
An astronaut's 71-million-mile view shows Earth borderless, and a plan for fixing global problems.
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🪐 Overview Effect🔗 Systems Thinking🌐 Global Cooperation👥 Crowdsourcing📊 Open Data
The Orbital Perspective Summary
The Orbital Perspective 89%
An astronaut's 71-million-mile view shows Earth borderless, and a plan for fixing global problems.
by Ron Garan 2015
3.80
205 ratings
🪐 Overview Effect🔗 Systems Thinking🌐 Global Cooperation👥 Crowdsourcing📊 Open Data
The Ages of Globalization
by Jeffrey D. Sachs • 2020
What if globalization began with the first human migration? Its latest chapter could be its last.
3.89
404
🌍 World History🌐 Globalization🧬 Human Origins⚙️ Technological Change📈 Inequality
The Ages of Globalization Summary
The Ages of Globalization 89%
What if globalization began with the first human migration? Its latest chapter could be its last.
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2020
3.89
404 ratings
🌍 World History🌐 Globalization🧬 Human Origins⚙️ Technological Change📈 Inequality
COVID-19
by Klaus Schwab • 2020
The pandemic didn't just upend the world; it created a fleeting chance to rebuild it from scratch.
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🦠 Pandemic Response💹 Post-Crisis Economics🌱 Green Recovery💻 Digital Acceleration🌐 Global Governance
COVID-19 Summary
COVID-19 89%
The pandemic didn't just upend the world; it created a fleeting chance to rebuild it from scratch.
by Klaus Schwab 2020
2.69
2k+ ratings
🦠 Pandemic Response💹 Post-Crisis Economics🌱 Green Recovery💻 Digital Acceleration🌐 Global Governance
Best Things First
by Bjørn Lomborg • 2023
Saving 4.2 million lives yearly costs $35 billion, if you fund only the most effective policies.
3.90
388
🌍 Development Economics📊 Benefit-Cost Analysis🤲 Effective Altruism📋 Evidence-Based Policy🎯 Policy Prioritization
Best Things First Summary
Best Things First 89%
Saving 4.2 million lives yearly costs $35 billion, if you fund only the most effective policies.
by Bjørn Lomborg 2023
3.90
388 ratings
🌍 Development Economics📊 Benefit-Cost Analysis🤲 Effective Altruism📋 Evidence-Based Policy🎯 Policy Prioritization
Thank You for Being Late
by Thomas L. Friedman • 2016
Technology, markets, and the climate are all speeding up simultaneously; adaptation is not optional.
3.88
12k+
🏛️ Global Affairs💼 Future Of Work🌍 Climate Policy📈 Digital Transformation📐 Systems Thinking
Thank You for Being Late Summary
Thank You for Being Late 89%
Technology, markets, and the climate are all speeding up simultaneously; adaptation is not optional.
by Thomas L. Friedman 2016
3.88
12k+ ratings
🏛️ Global Affairs💼 Future Of Work🌍 Climate Policy📈 Digital Transformation📐 Systems Thinking
Apocalypse Never
by Michael Shellenberger • 2020
The planet is getting better in the ways that matter. The alarmists got it backward.
4.16
6k+
🌍 Environmental Policy🌡️ Climate Debate⚡ Energy Policy☢️ Nuclear Advocacy🔕 Anti-Alarmism
Apocalypse Never Summary
Apocalypse Never 89%
The planet is getting better in the ways that matter. The alarmists got it backward.
by Michael Shellenberger 2020
4.16
6k+ ratings
🌍 Environmental Policy🌡️ Climate Debate⚡ Energy Policy☢️ Nuclear Advocacy🔕 Anti-Alarmism
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 89%
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
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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2k+
🌍 Global Health🦠 Pandemic Preparedness🏛️ Public Health Policy🧫 Infectious Disease💉 Vaccine Development
How to Prevent the Next Pandemic Summary
How to Prevent the Next Pandemic 89%
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
The Triangle of Power
by Alexander Stubb • 2026
The old East-West binary is dead. A third bloc, the Global South, holds the balance.
4.12
471
🌐 Global Order⚔️ Great Power Competition⚖️ Balance Of Power🌍 Global South🏛️ Multilateralism
The Triangle of Power Summary
The Triangle of Power 89%
The old East-West binary is dead. A third bloc, the Global South, holds the balance.
by Alexander Stubb 2026
4.12
471 ratings
🌐 Global Order⚔️ Great Power Competition⚖️ Balance Of Power🌍 Global South🏛️ Multilateralism
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.
4.15
7k+
🧮 Effective Altruism🌍 Global Poverty⚖️ Utilitarian Ethics💝 Charitable Giving🌐 Global Justice
The Life You Can Save Summary
The Life You Can Save 89%
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
What We Owe The Future
by William MacAskill • 2022
Most humans who will ever live aren't born yet. Their fate belongs to this century.
3.81
7k+
🌍 Future Generations👥 Population Ethics⚠️ Existential Risk🤖 Ai Safety🦠 Biosecurity
What We Owe The Future Summary
What We Owe The Future 89%
Most humans who will ever live aren't born yet. Their fate belongs to this century.
by William MacAskill 2022
3.81
7k+ ratings
🌍 Future Generations👥 Population Ethics⚠️ Existential Risk🤖 Ai Safety🦠 Biosecurity
2052
by Jørgen Randers • 2012
A Limits to Growth update: population shrinks, growth slows, yet 2°C warming still hits by 2052.
3.95
355
🧠 Systems Thinking📉 Limits To Growth🔮 Scenario Planning⚡ Energy Transition👶 Demographic Decline
2052 Summary
2052 89%
A Limits to Growth update: population shrinks, growth slows, yet 2°C warming still hits by 2052.
by Jørgen Randers 2012
3.95
355 ratings
🧠 Systems Thinking📉 Limits To Growth🔮 Scenario Planning⚡ Energy Transition👶 Demographic Decline
Nomad Century
by Gaia Vince • 2022
The tropics are becoming unlivable. A mass migration northward is an opportunity, not a crisis.
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1k+
🌍 Climate Migration🏠 Managed Retreat🚧 Border Politics💹 Migration Economics🏛️ Global Governance
Nomad Century Summary
Nomad Century 89%
The tropics are becoming unlivable. A mass migration northward is an opportunity, not a crisis.
by Gaia Vince 2022
3.84
1k+ ratings
🌍 Climate Migration🏠 Managed Retreat🚧 Border Politics💹 Migration Economics🏛️ Global Governance
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 89%
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
Glimpses of Utopia
by Jess Scully • 2020
A fair society is not theoretical. Its pieces are already running in cities across the world.
3.97
110
🗳️ Participatory Democracy💡 Alternative Economics🌳 Commons Stewardship🤲 Care Economy🏦 Financial Reform
Glimpses of Utopia Summary
Glimpses of Utopia 88%
A fair society is not theoretical. Its pieces are already running in cities across the world.
by Jess Scully 2020
3.97
110 ratings
🗳️ Participatory Democracy💡 Alternative Economics🌳 Commons Stewardship🤲 Care Economy🏦 Financial Reform
Don't Wait for the Next War
by Wesley K. Clark • 2014
A retired general's strategy: America, united by energy, not enemies.
3.67
93
🧭 Grand Strategy🛢️ Energy Geopolitics💼 Economic Statecraft🌎 Climate Security🌏 Us China Relations
Don't Wait for the Next War Summary
Don't Wait for the Next War 88%
A retired general's strategy: America, united by energy, not enemies.
by Wesley K. Clark 2014
3.67
93 ratings
🧭 Grand Strategy🛢️ Energy Geopolitics💼 Economic Statecraft🌎 Climate Security🌏 Us China Relations
Climate Change
by Joseph Romm • 2015
Climate change is accelerating faster than predicted. The most expensive thing we can do is nothing.
4.22
694
🧪 Climate Science📋 Climate Policy⚡ Energy Transition💰 Climate Economics🏭 Carbon Reduction
Climate Change Summary
Climate Change 88%
Climate change is accelerating faster than predicted. The most expensive thing we can do is nothing.
by Joseph Romm 2015
4.22
694 ratings
🧪 Climate Science📋 Climate Policy⚡ Energy Transition💰 Climate Economics🏭 Carbon Reduction
Connectography
by Parag Khanna • 2016
Connectivity rewrites global power: pipelines, cables, and supply chains are the borders that count.
3.82
1k+
🧵 Supply Chain Geopolitics🏙️ Megacities🗺️ Functional Geography🌐 Digital Sovereignty🛤️ Infrastructure Alliances
Connectography Summary
Connectography 88%
Connectivity rewrites global power: pipelines, cables, and supply chains are the borders that count.
by Parag Khanna 2016
3.82
1k+ ratings
🧵 Supply Chain Geopolitics🏙️ Megacities🗺️ Functional Geography🌐 Digital Sovereignty🛤️ Infrastructure Alliances
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
by Alex Epstein • 2014
Climate deaths fell 98% this century. Fossil fuels caused that, and their moral defense is overdue.
4.07
2k+
⚡ Energy Policy🌡️ Climate Debate🔧 Techno-Optimism🔍 Eco-Skepticism🏛️ Objectivist Philosophy
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels Summary
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels 88%
Climate deaths fell 98% this century. Fossil fuels caused that, and their moral defense is overdue.
by Alex Epstein 2014
4.07
2k+ ratings
⚡ Energy Policy🌡️ Climate Debate🔧 Techno-Optimism🔍 Eco-Skepticism🏛️ Objectivist Philosophy
Brazil Is the New America
by James Dale Davidson • 2012
The math of debt, energy, and demography says the American era ends and Brazil's begins.
3.17
36
📉 National Decline🌍 Emerging Markets🛢️ Peak Oil👥 Demographic Shift💧 Water Scarcity
Brazil Is the New America Summary
Brazil Is the New America 88%
The math of debt, energy, and demography says the American era ends and Brazil's begins.
by James Dale Davidson 2012
3.17
36 ratings
📉 National Decline🌍 Emerging Markets🛢️ Peak Oil👥 Demographic Shift💧 Water Scarcity
Falter
by Bill McKibben • 2019
Engineers want to redesign humans as the climate exit. The two crises share a cause.
4.00
2k+
🤖 Tech Ethics⚠️ Existential Risk🛢️ Fossil Fuel Deception☀️ Renewable Energy✊ Nonviolent Resistance
Falter Summary
Falter 88%
Engineers want to redesign humans as the climate exit. The two crises share a cause.
by Bill McKibben 2019
4.00
2k+ ratings
🤖 Tech Ethics⚠️ Existential Risk🛢️ Fossil Fuel Deception☀️ Renewable Energy✊ Nonviolent Resistance
2030
by Mauro F. Guillén • 2020
By 2030, three demographic waves collide: aging societies, female fortunes, and an ascendant Asia.
3.69
3k+
🌐 Macroeconomic Trends🌍 Global Demographics🔮 Futures Thinking📊 Convergence Trends👴 Aging Populations
2030 Summary
2030 88%
By 2030, three demographic waves collide: aging societies, female fortunes, and an ascendant Asia.
by Mauro F. Guillén 2020
3.69
3k+ ratings
🌐 Macroeconomic Trends🌍 Global Demographics🔮 Futures Thinking📊 Convergence Trends👴 Aging Populations
The Story of Stuff
by Annie Leonard • 2010
A five-stage global machine grinds resources into toxic waste. The owners call it the economy.
4.08
4k+
📉 Consumerism Critique🔄 Product Life Cycles⚖️ Environmental Justice♻️ Circular Economy☣️ Toxic Chemicals
The Story of Stuff Summary
The Story of Stuff 88%
A five-stage global machine grinds resources into toxic waste. The owners call it the economy.
by Annie Leonard 2010
4.08
4k+ ratings
📉 Consumerism Critique🔄 Product Life Cycles⚖️ Environmental Justice♻️ Circular Economy☣️ Toxic Chemicals
Not the End of the World
by Hannah Ritchie • 2024
The environmental doom story is wrong. The data is turning, and the fixes are within reach.
4.22
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🌍 Environmental Optimism💡 Climate Solutions🎯 Effective Environmentalism🌾 Agricultural Innovation⚡ Renewable Energy
Not the End of the World Summary
Not the End of the World 88%
The environmental doom story is wrong. The data is turning, and the fixes are within reach.
by Hannah Ritchie 2024
4.22
7k+ ratings
🌍 Environmental Optimism💡 Climate Solutions🎯 Effective Environmentalism🌾 Agricultural Innovation⚡ Renewable Energy
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
4.23
811
🌍 Poverty Reduction🌐 Globalization Debate🏛️ Classical Liberalism📊 Data-Driven Economics🌤️ Climate Optimism
The Capitalist Manifesto Summary
The Capitalist Manifesto 88%
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
The Good Ancestor
by Roman Krznaric • 2020
Short-term thinking is not in our DNA. A philosopher traces its source and the older cure.
4.05
2k+
⚖️ Intergenerational Justice🔭 Longtermism⏳ Temporal Awareness🔄 Systems Thinking🌍 Planetary Boundaries
The Good Ancestor Summary
The Good Ancestor 88%
Short-term thinking is not in our DNA. A philosopher traces its source and the older cure.
by Roman Krznaric 2020
4.05
2k+ ratings
⚖️ Intergenerational Justice🔭 Longtermism⏳ Temporal Awareness🔄 Systems Thinking🌍 Planetary Boundaries
The Long and the Short of It - Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent People Who Are Not in
by John Kay • 2009
Clean energy outcompetes fossil fuels on price. The smart money is shifting; the rest will follow.
3.95
615
🏭 Decarbonization☀️ Clean Energy💰 Impact Investing✊ Climate Justice🛢️ Climate Denialism
The Long and the Short of It - Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent People Who Are Not in Summary
The Long and the Short of It - Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent People Who Are Not in 88%
Clean energy outcompetes fossil fuels on price. The smart money is shifting; the rest will follow.
by John Kay 2009
3.95
615 ratings
🏭 Decarbonization☀️ Clean Energy💰 Impact Investing✊ Climate Justice🛢️ Climate Denialism
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
by Bill Gates • 2021
Five activities emit 51 billion tons a year; the cost gaps show where innovation must hit first.
4.11
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🌍 Net Zero Transition⚡ Clean Energy Transition🚀 Techno-Optimism💰 Climate Economics🌪️ Climate Adaptation
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster Summary
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster 88%
Five activities emit 51 billion tons a year; the cost gaps show where innovation must hit first.
by Bill Gates 2021
4.11
51k+ ratings
🌍 Net Zero Transition⚡ Clean Energy Transition🚀 Techno-Optimism💰 Climate Economics🌪️ Climate Adaptation
Mission Economy
by Mariana Mazzucato • 2020
State-led missions built the internet and GPS; now turn that force on climate and inequality.
3.85
3k+
💡 Innovation Economics🏛️ Public Sector Reform🏭 Industrial Policy🤝 Public-Private Partnerships⏳ Patient Capital
Mission Economy Summary
Mission Economy 88%
State-led missions built the internet and GPS; now turn that force on climate and inequality.
by Mariana Mazzucato 2020
3.85
3k+ ratings
💡 Innovation Economics🏛️ Public Sector Reform🏭 Industrial Policy🤝 Public-Private Partnerships⏳ Patient Capital
The Rare Metals War
by Guillame Pitron • 2018
Your electric car runs on metals that leave toxic wastelands and enrich an authoritarian superpower.
4.04
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⚡ Energy Transition⛏️ Resource Extraction🔗 Supply Chains⚖️ Environmental Justice⚔️ Resource Wars
The Rare Metals War Summary
The Rare Metals War 88%
Your electric car runs on metals that leave toxic wastelands and enrich an authoritarian superpower.
by Guillame Pitron 2018
4.04
1k+ ratings
⚡ Energy Transition⛏️ Resource Extraction🔗 Supply Chains⚖️ Environmental Justice⚔️ Resource Wars
A New Foreign Policy
by Jeffrey D. Sachs • 2018
The world became multipolar. America didn't notice. Here is the cost and the way out.
3.88
337
🦅 American Exceptionalism🏛️ Us Foreign Policy🌐 Multipolarity☮️ Anti-Interventionism🎯 Regime Change
A New Foreign Policy Summary
A New Foreign Policy 88%
The world became multipolar. America didn't notice. Here is the cost and the way out.
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2018
3.88
337 ratings
🦅 American Exceptionalism🏛️ Us Foreign Policy🌐 Multipolarity☮️ Anti-Interventionism🎯 Regime Change
More from Less
by Andrew McAfee • 2019
Richer, yet using less of everything: how four forces decoupled growth from material consumption.
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🧮 Environmental Economics🤖 Techno-Optimism🌿 Green Growth🏭 Industrial Ecology🌍 Global Poverty Reduction
More from Less Summary
More from Less 88%
Richer, yet using less of everything: how four forces decoupled growth from material consumption.
by Andrew McAfee 2019
3.90
1k+ ratings
🧮 Environmental Economics🤖 Techno-Optimism🌿 Green Growth🏭 Industrial Ecology🌍 Global Poverty Reduction
The Green New Deal
by Jeremy Rifkin • 2019
The fossil-fuel economy is a bubble. Green tech will pop it by 2028.
3.68
812
💚 Green New Deal⚡ Energy Transition💰 Green Economics🛢️ Fossil Fuel Divestment🏙️ Smart Cities
The Green New Deal Summary
The Green New Deal 88%
The fossil-fuel economy is a bubble. Green tech will pop it by 2028.
by Jeremy Rifkin 2019
3.68
812 ratings
💚 Green New Deal⚡ Energy Transition💰 Green Economics🛢️ Fossil Fuel Divestment🏙️ Smart Cities
George Soros On Globalization
by George Soros • 2002
Financial markets are inherently unstable. The fix is stricter regulation and a new kind of aid.
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🌍 Globalization Critique📉 Market Instability🕊️ Open Society🏦 IMF And World Bank🎗️ Foreign Aid Policy
George Soros On Globalization Summary
George Soros On Globalization 88%
Financial markets are inherently unstable. The fix is stricter regulation and a new kind of aid.
by George Soros 2002
3.20
251 ratings
🌍 Globalization Critique📉 Market Instability🕊️ Open Society🏦 IMF And World Bank🎗️ Foreign Aid Policy
The New World Economy
by Randy Charles Epping • 2020
One disruption anywhere now hits everywhere. A map of the new global economy for beginners.
3.64
152
🌐 Global Economics📚 Economic Literacy💻 Digital Economy🤖 Technological Disruption⚖️ Economic Inequality
The New World Economy Summary
The New World Economy 88%
One disruption anywhere now hits everywhere. A map of the new global economy for beginners.
by Randy Charles Epping 2020
3.64
152 ratings
🌐 Global Economics📚 Economic Literacy💻 Digital Economy🤖 Technological Disruption⚖️ Economic Inequality
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 88%
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 88%
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
Why We Can't Afford the Rich
by Andrew Sayer • 2014
Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.
4.02
149
🏦 Rentier Capitalism🏝️ Tax Havens📈 Financialization⚖️ Climate Justice🌱 Degrowth
Why We Can't Afford the Rich Summary
Why We Can't Afford the Rich 88%
Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.
by Andrew Sayer 2014
4.02
149 ratings
🏦 Rentier Capitalism🏝️ Tax Havens📈 Financialization⚖️ Climate Justice🌱 Degrowth
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.
4.32
2k+
🏚️ Global Poverty📈 Development Economics⚖️ Rule Of Law⛓️ Human Trafficking🏠 Property Rights
The Locust Effect Summary
The Locust Effect 88%
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
Limits to Growth
by Donella H. Meadows • 1972
A computer model of Earth's limits, tested for 30 years: the math says overshoot has already begun.
4.21
2k+
🧠 Systems Thinking📊 Environmental Economics🌍 Planetary Boundaries⛏️ Resource Depletion⚖️ Carrying Capacity
Limits to Growth Summary
Limits to Growth 88%
A computer model of Earth's limits, tested for 30 years: the math says overshoot has already begun.
by Donella H. Meadows 1972
4.21
2k+ ratings
🧠 Systems Thinking📊 Environmental Economics🌍 Planetary Boundaries⛏️ Resource Depletion⚖️ Carrying Capacity
Green Swans
by John Elkington • 2020
Sustainability was about doing less harm. The next economy restores more than it takes.
3.78
349
🌱 Regenerative Capitalism🔄 Systems Thinking🧩 Wicked Problems📈 Exponential Technology📊 Triple Bottom Line
Green Swans Summary
Green Swans 88%
Sustainability was about doing less harm. The next economy restores more than it takes.
by John Elkington 2020
3.78
349 ratings
🌱 Regenerative Capitalism🔄 Systems Thinking🧩 Wicked Problems📈 Exponential Technology📊 Triple Bottom Line
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 88%
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
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
by Greta Thunberg • 2019
Eight years of carbon budget left. The speeches that turned one school strike into a global alarm.
3.85
28k+
🌍 Climate Science✊ Climate Activism🧒 Youth Activism⚖️ Climate Justice🧭 Climate Ethics
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference Summary
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference 88%
Eight years of carbon budget left. The speeches that turned one school strike into a global alarm.
by Greta Thunberg 2019
3.85
28k+ ratings
🌍 Climate Science✊ Climate Activism🧒 Youth Activism⚖️ Climate Justice🧭 Climate Ethics
Great Escape
by Angus Deaton • 2013
Life expectancy doubled, incomes soared, and inequality became the price of progress.
3.81
2k+
🏛️ Economic History⚖️ Income Inequality🌍 Global Health📈 Poverty Reduction📊 Measuring Wellbeing
Great Escape Summary
Great Escape 88%
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
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