🔄 Philanthropy Reform

Critical examinations of how charitable giving can be made more effective, equitable, and accountable. These books challenge the status quo of big philanthropy and ask who truly benefits from generosity.

Giving Done Right

by Phil Buchanan • 2019

Nonprofits are not businesses. The distinct set of skills that effective giving actually requires.

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🎯 Strategic Philanthropy 🏢 Nonprofit Management 📊 Impact Measurement 🌍 Effective Altruism 💰 Donor Advice

Giving Done Right 90%

Nonprofits are not businesses. The distinct set of skills that effective giving actually requires.

by Phil Buchanan 2019

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🎯 Strategic Philanthropy 🏢 Nonprofit Management 📊 Impact Measurement 🌍 Effective Altruism 💰 Donor Advice

Democracy and Social Ethics

by Jane Addams • 1902

Democracy is a social ethic requiring cross-class mixing and mutual understanding.

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🕰️ Progressive Era 💡 American Pragmatism ⚖️ Social Ethics 🤝 Cross-Class Empathy 🏠 Domestic Labor

Democracy and Social Ethics 90%

Democracy is a social ethic requiring cross-class mixing and mutual understanding.

by Jane Addams 1902

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170 ratings

🕰️ Progressive Era 💡 American Pragmatism ⚖️ Social Ethics 🤝 Cross-Class Empathy 🏠 Domestic Labor

Doing Good Better

by William MacAskill • 2015

The most effective charities outperform the rest a hundredfold, and popularity points the wrong way.

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🧮 Effective Altruism 📊 Evidence-Based Giving 🌍 Global Poverty ⚖️ Utilitarianism 💼 Career Strategy

Doing Good Better 90%

The most effective charities outperform the rest a hundredfold, and popularity points the wrong way.

by William MacAskill 2015

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8k+ ratings

🧮 Effective Altruism 📊 Evidence-Based Giving 🌍 Global Poverty ⚖️ Utilitarianism 💼 Career Strategy

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 90%

Child drowning: you'd wade in. Child dying of malaria: $10 saves her. The moral math is identical.

by Peter Singer 2009

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7k+ ratings

🧮 Effective Altruism 🌍 Global Poverty ⚖️ Utilitarian Ethics 💝 Charitable Giving 🌐 Global Justice

Winners Take All

by Anand Giridharadas • 2018

Elites promise to fix society. Their real project is keeping power exactly where it is.

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🏛️ Elite Philanthropy 🎭 Elite Capture ⚙️ Technocratic Reform 📉 Market Critique 🗳️ Civic Engagement

Winners Take All 89%

Elites promise to fix society. Their real project is keeping power exactly where it is.

by Anand Giridharadas 2018

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🏛️ Elite Philanthropy 🎭 Elite Capture ⚙️ Technocratic Reform 📉 Market Critique 🗳️ Civic Engagement

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.

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🏢 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 89%

Philanthropy's defect: donations scatter, nothing scales. The fix looks like a stock market.

by Steven H. Goldberg 2009

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22 ratings

🏢 Nonprofit Management 🌱 Social Entrepreneurship 💸 Venture Philanthropy 📊 Impact Measurement 🎯 Prediction Markets

Give Smart

by Thomas J. Tierney • 2011

Philanthropy has no market feedback. Here is the accountability framework that replaces it.

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🎯 Strategic Philanthropy 🏛️ Foundation Management 🔗 Theory Of Change 📏 Impact Measurement 💰 Grantmaking

Give Smart 89%

Philanthropy has no market feedback. Here is the accountability framework that replaces it.

by Thomas J. Tierney 2011

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249 ratings

🎯 Strategic Philanthropy 🏛️ Foundation Management 🔗 Theory Of Change 📏 Impact Measurement 💰 Grantmaking

The Billionaire Who Wasn't

by Conor O'Clery • 2007

He gave away $600 million in secret while Forbes still listed him as a billionaire.

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🏦 Billionaire Donors 💸 Spend-Down Philanthropy 🤫 Anonymous Giving 🚀 Catalytic Philanthropy 📜 Gospel Of Wealth

The Billionaire Who Wasn't 89%

He gave away $600 million in secret while Forbes still listed him as a billionaire.

by Conor O'Clery 2007

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1k+ ratings

🏦 Billionaire Donors 💸 Spend-Down Philanthropy 🤫 Anonymous Giving 🚀 Catalytic Philanthropy 📜 Gospel Of Wealth

Toxic Charity

by Robert D. Lupton • 2011

How to stop hurting the people you want to help: swap handouts for dignity and investment.

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📉 Charity Critique 💰 Microfinance 🏘️ Community Development ✝️ Christian Missions 🏙️ Urban Ministry

Toxic Charity 89%

How to stop hurting the people you want to help: swap handouts for dignity and investment.

by Robert D. Lupton 2011

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5k+ ratings

📉 Charity Critique 💰 Microfinance 🏘️ Community Development ✝️ Christian Missions 🏙️ Urban Ministry

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.

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🎯 Effective Altruism ⚖️ Utilitarianism 📊 Evidence-Based Charity 🌍 Global Poverty 💼 Social Impact Careers

The Most Good You Can Do 89%

Your charitable instincts are probably wrong. A dollar overseas can do a hundred times more good.

by Peter Singer 2015

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4k+ ratings

🎯 Effective Altruism ⚖️ Utilitarianism 📊 Evidence-Based Charity 🌍 Global Poverty 💼 Social Impact Careers

From Poor Law to Welfare State

by Walter I. Trattner • 1974

How America turned helping the poor from an act of justice into a judgment on character.

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🏛️ Social Welfare History 🇺🇸 American Social Policy ⚖️ Poverty And Morality 🏥 Institutional Care ⛪ Religious Charity

From Poor Law to Welfare State 89%

How America turned helping the poor from an act of justice into a judgment on character.

by Walter I. Trattner 1974

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318 ratings

🏛️ Social Welfare History 🇺🇸 American Social Policy ⚖️ Poverty And Morality 🏥 Institutional Care ⛪ Religious Charity

The Givers

by David Callahan • 2017

When the richest Americans give, they also take: control over public life, without a vote.

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🏛️ Money In Politics 💰 Wealth And Democracy 🕶️ Dark Money 💼 Venture Philanthropy 💸 Billionaire Influence

The Givers 89%

When the richest Americans give, they also take: control over public life, without a vote.

by David Callahan 2017

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485 ratings

🏛️ Money In Politics 💰 Wealth And Democracy 🕶️ Dark Money 💼 Venture Philanthropy 💸 Billionaire Influence

In Our Hands

by Charles Murray • 2006

Eliminate every welfare program. Send every adult one check. It costs less and ends poverty.

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290

🏦 Universal Basic Income 📋 Welfare Reform 🏘️ Civil Society 🗽 Libertarian Economics 🛡️ Social Insurance

In Our Hands 89%

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

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.

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🏛️ Domestic Policy 🏥 Healthcare Reform 📚 Education Reform 💰 Campaign Finance 🤝 Bipartisan Solutions

The Two Percent Solution 89%

America's biggest domestic problems cost two percent of GDP to fix. That's the whole argument.

by Matt Miller 2003

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89 ratings

🏛️ Domestic Policy 🏥 Healthcare Reform 📚 Education Reform 💰 Campaign Finance 🤝 Bipartisan Solutions

The Paradox of Generosity

by Christian Smith • 2014

The top 5% of givers are happier and healthier. The reason isn't money.

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🎁 Generosity 🤝 Prosocial Behavior 😊 Positive Psychology 🌟 Abundance Mindset 🔗 Social Capital

The Paradox of Generosity 89%

The top 5% of givers are happier and healthier. The reason isn't money.

by Christian Smith 2014

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114 ratings

🎁 Generosity 🤝 Prosocial Behavior 😊 Positive Psychology 🌟 Abundance Mindset 🔗 Social Capital

A Gift of Hope

by Danielle Steel • 2012

She gave teddy bears to homeless men. The toughest cried, and her grief began to heal.

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🏠 Homelessness 🚐 Street Outreach 🧸 Dignity Restoration 🎒 Direct Aid 🏚️ Housing Insecurity

A Gift of Hope 89%

She gave teddy bears to homeless men. The toughest cried, and her grief began to heal.

by Danielle Steel 2012

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3k+ ratings

🏠 Homelessness 🚐 Street Outreach 🧸 Dignity Restoration 🎒 Direct Aid 🏚️ Housing Insecurity

Billionaire, Nerd, Saviour, King

by Anupreeta Das • 2024

From monopolist to saint: Bill Gates's image was manufactured. His hidden empire was not.

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💻 Big Tech 💰 Billionaire Critique ⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🔎 Investigative Biography 🏢 Corporate Power

Billionaire, Nerd, Saviour, King Summary

Billionaire, Nerd, Saviour, King 88%

From monopolist to saint: Bill Gates's image was manufactured. His hidden empire was not.

by Anupreeta Das 2024

3.01

441 ratings

💻 Big Tech 💰 Billionaire Critique ⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🔎 Investigative Biography 🏢 Corporate Power

Common Sense

by Joel Greenblatt • 2020

The same incentive logic that picks stocks can fix schools, wages, and banks.

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🏛️ Economic Policy 📚 Education Reform 💡 Market-Based Solutions 🪢 Social Safety Net 🏦 Banking Reform

Common Sense 88%

The same incentive logic that picks stocks can fix schools, wages, and banks.

by Joel Greenblatt 2020

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276 ratings

🏛️ Economic Policy 📚 Education Reform 💡 Market-Based Solutions 🪢 Social Safety Net 🏦 Banking Reform

Moral Ambition

by Rutger Bregman • 2024

The 80,000-hour career: a guide to using it on solvable, neglected problems, not just paychecks.

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🌍 Effective Altruism 💼 Social Impact Careers 🔄 Career Reinvention ⚠️ Existential Risk 📢 Activism Strategy

Moral Ambition 88%

The 80,000-hour career: a guide to using it on solvable, neglected problems, not just paychecks.

by Rutger Bregman 2024

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🌍 Effective Altruism 💼 Social Impact Careers 🔄 Career Reinvention ⚠️ Existential Risk 📢 Activism Strategy

Progressivism

by Walter Nugent • 2009

The landmark Progressive Era reforms owed less to urban crusaders than to angry farmers.

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🏛️ Progressive Era 💰 Gilded Age 🗳️ Political Reform 🌾 Populism ⛪ Social Gospel

Progressivism 88%

The landmark Progressive Era reforms owed less to urban crusaders than to angry farmers.

by Walter Nugent 2009

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125 ratings

🏛️ Progressive Era 💰 Gilded Age 🗳️ Political Reform 🌾 Populism ⛪ Social Gospel

Republic, Lost

by Lawrence Lessig • 2011

America's government answers to funders, not voters. The corruption is legal, and it's by design.

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💰 Money In Politics 🗳️ Election Reform 🔗 Systemic Corruption 🏛️ Democratic Reform 🏢 Dysfunctional Congress

Republic, Lost 88%

America's government answers to funders, not voters. The corruption is legal, and it's by design.

by Lawrence Lessig 2011

4.18

3k+ ratings

💰 Money In Politics 🗳️ Election Reform 🔗 Systemic Corruption 🏛️ Democratic Reform 🏢 Dysfunctional Congress

The Conservative Heart

by Arthur C. Brooks • 2015

Half of happiness is genetic. The other half: that is what conservatism should actually be about.

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🏛️ American Conservatism 😊 Happiness Economics 🔨 Meaningful Work 🏚️ Poverty And Culture 🗣️ Political Persuasion

The Conservative Heart 88%

Half of happiness is genetic. The other half: that is what conservatism should actually be about.

by Arthur C. Brooks 2015

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1k+ ratings

🏛️ American Conservatism 😊 Happiness Economics 🔨 Meaningful Work 🏚️ Poverty And Culture 🗣️ Political Persuasion

Three Cups of Tea

by Greg Mortenson • 2006

A failed K2 climb. A remote Pakistani village. The promise: one school they'd never had.

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📚 Educational Philanthropy 🎓 Girls Education 🌍 Cross-Cultural Aid 🏘️ Grassroots Development ⛰️ Mountain Communities

Three Cups of Tea 88%

A failed K2 climb. A remote Pakistani village. The promise: one school they'd never had.

by Greg Mortenson 2006

3.66

359k+ ratings

📚 Educational Philanthropy 🎓 Girls Education 🌍 Cross-Cultural Aid 🏘️ Grassroots Development ⛰️ Mountain Communities

The Listening Society

by Hanzi Freinacht • 2017

Political systems ignore how minds grow. A blueprint for a state that develops its citizens.

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🏛️ Political Philosophy 📖 Social Theory 🪜 Adult Development 🏥 Welfare State Reform 🧬 Cultural Evolution

The Listening Society 88%

Political systems ignore how minds grow. A blueprint for a state that develops its citizens.

by Hanzi Freinacht 2017

4.49

402 ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📖 Social Theory 🪜 Adult Development 🏥 Welfare State Reform 🧬 Cultural Evolution

Glimpses of Utopia

by Jess Scully • 2020

A fair society is not theoretical. Its pieces are already running in cities across the world.

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🗳️ Participatory Democracy 💡 Alternative Economics 🌳 Commons Stewardship 🤲 Care Economy 🏦 Financial Reform

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

Infectious Generosity

by Chris J. Anderson • 2024

Your act of kindness can now reach millions. The invisible wiring that makes generosity go viral.

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🦠 Viral Altruism 🎁 Science Of Giving 💝 Non-Monetary Gifts 🌱 Conscious Business 🌍 Effective Altruism

Infectious Generosity 88%

Your act of kindness can now reach millions. The invisible wiring that makes generosity go viral.

by Chris J. Anderson 2024

3.62

1k+ ratings

🦠 Viral Altruism 🎁 Science Of Giving 💝 Non-Monetary Gifts 🌱 Conscious Business 🌍 Effective Altruism

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World

by John Wood • 2006

A trekking trip, an empty library: why a Microsoft exec quit to build schools across Asia.

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🚀 Social Entrepreneurship 🌍 Global Development 📖 Founder Memoir 🏘️ Community Development 👧 Girls' Education

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World Summary

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World 88%

A trekking trip, an empty library: why a Microsoft exec quit to build schools across Asia.

by John Wood 2006

4.10

5k+ ratings

🚀 Social Entrepreneurship 🌍 Global Development 📖 Founder Memoir 🏘️ Community Development 👧 Girls' Education

The Moment of Lift

by Melinda French Gates • 2019

Empowering women does more to end poverty and disease than any technology.

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🌍 Global Development 📈 Feminist Economics 👶 Family Planning 🎓 Girls' Education 🏠 Unpaid Care Work

The Moment of Lift 88%

Empowering women does more to end poverty and disease than any technology.

by Melinda French Gates 2019

4.27

65k+ ratings

🌍 Global Development 📈 Feminist Economics 👶 Family Planning 🎓 Girls' Education 🏠 Unpaid Care Work

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 88%

Poverty's root cause is violence, not economics. The aid industry has been fixing the wrong problem.

by Gary A. Haugen 2013

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2k+ ratings

🏚️ Global Poverty 📈 Development Economics ⚖️ Rule Of Law ⛓️ Human Trafficking 🏠 Property Rights

San Fransicko

by Michael Shellenberger • 2021

Progressive compassion for the homeless and addicted is making both groups larger and sicker.

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🏙️ Urban Policy 🏚️ Homelessness 💊 Drug Policy 🧠 Mental Health Policy ⚖️ Moral Psychology

San Fransicko 88%

Progressive compassion for the homeless and addicted is making both groups larger and sicker.

by Michael Shellenberger 2021

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4k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Policy 🏚️ Homelessness 💊 Drug Policy 🧠 Mental Health Policy ⚖️ Moral Psychology

John D. Rockefeller on Making Money

by John D. Rockefeller • 2015

The richest American's playbook for making money, and why he gave most of it back.

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💰 Wealth Philosophy ⚖️ Business Ethics 🧱 Character Building 🪜 Self-Made Success 🎯 Strategic Giving

John D. Rockefeller on Making Money Summary

John D. Rockefeller on Making Money 88%

The richest American's playbook for making money, and why he gave most of it back.

by John D. Rockefeller 2015

3.32

157 ratings

💰 Wealth Philosophy ⚖️ Business Ethics 🧱 Character Building 🪜 Self-Made Success 🎯 Strategic Giving

How to Change the World

by John-Paul Flintoff • 2012

Find your reason, start small, and go first: how ordinary people actually change the world.

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🫶 Social Change 🌱 Grassroots Activism 💪 Personal Agency 🧭 Purpose And Meaning 🤝 Community Organizing

How to Change the World 88%

Find your reason, start small, and go first: how ordinary people actually change the world.

by John-Paul Flintoff 2012

3.73

942 ratings

🫶 Social Change 🌱 Grassroots Activism 💪 Personal Agency 🧭 Purpose And Meaning 🤝 Community Organizing

Andrew Carnegie

by David Nasaw • 2006

How a penniless immigrant built the world's biggest steel empire, and then tried to die broke.

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🏛️ Gilded Age 🧑‍💼 Captains Of Industry 🎁 Strategic Philanthropy 📜 Business History 💪 Self-Made Men

Andrew Carnegie 88%

How a penniless immigrant built the world's biggest steel empire, and then tried to die broke.

by David Nasaw 2006

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6k+ ratings

🏛️ Gilded Age 🧑‍💼 Captains Of Industry 🎁 Strategic Philanthropy 📜 Business History 💪 Self-Made Men

A More Perfect Constitution

by Larry J. Sabato • 2007

Twenty-three fixes for a rusty Constitution: bigger Congress, term limits, a state convention.

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🏛️ Constitutional Reform 🗳️ Electoral Reform ⚖️ Judicial Reform ⚔️ War Powers 💰 Fiscal Responsibility

A More Perfect Constitution 88%

Twenty-three fixes for a rusty Constitution: bigger Congress, term limits, a state convention.

by Larry J. Sabato 2007

3.66

335 ratings

🏛️ Constitutional Reform 🗳️ Electoral Reform ⚖️ Judicial Reform ⚔️ War Powers 💰 Fiscal Responsibility

The Human Cost of Welfare

by Phil Harvey • 2016

Welfare was built to end poverty. Its rules punish work, marriage, and saving instead.

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🏛️ Welfare Reform 📉 Anti-Poverty Policy 💼 Work Incentives 🔗 Welfare Dependency 🪢 Social Safety Net

The Human Cost of Welfare 88%

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

Ethics in the Real World

by Peter Singer • 2016

A philosopher's case that buying a luxury watch when children are dying is an ethical failure.

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⚖️ Applied Ethics 🏛️ Moral Philosophy 🌍 Effective Altruism 📊 Utilitarianism 🐾 Animal Rights

Ethics in the Real World 88%

A philosopher's case that buying a luxury watch when children are dying is an ethical failure.

by Peter Singer 2016

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⚖️ Applied Ethics 🏛️ Moral Philosophy 🌍 Effective Altruism 📊 Utilitarianism 🐾 Animal Rights

Good Money Revolution

by Derrick Kinney • 2022

What if wealth-building was an act of generosity? A practical plan to earn, save, and give.

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💰 Personal Finance 🧠 Money Mindset 🎁 Charitable Giving 🤝 Generosity Practices 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Financial Parenting

Good Money Revolution 88%

What if wealth-building was an act of generosity? A practical plan to earn, save, and give.

by Derrick Kinney 2022

3.75

168 ratings

💰 Personal Finance 🧠 Money Mindset 🎁 Charitable Giving 🤝 Generosity Practices 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Financial Parenting

The Key Man

by Simon Clark • 2021

Davos loved him. Bill Gates trusted him. He promised profit from poverty, then stole a billion.

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🏢 Private Equity 🌍 Emerging Markets 💸 Financial Fraud 🌱 Impact Investing 🤝 Elite Networks

The Key Man 88%

Davos loved him. Bill Gates trusted him. He promised profit from poverty, then stole a billion.

by Simon Clark 2021

4.18

3k+ ratings

🏢 Private Equity 🌍 Emerging Markets 💸 Financial Fraud 🌱 Impact Investing 🤝 Elite Networks

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 88%

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

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.

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🏦 Rentier Capitalism 🏝️ Tax Havens 📈 Financialization ⚖️ Climate Justice 🌱 Degrowth

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 Good Society

by Robert N. Bellah • 1991

Individualism gutted our institutions. Repair begins where the myth ends: we need each other.

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🏘️ Communitarianism 🗳️ American Civic Life 🏛️ Democratic Theory 💰 Market Criticism ⚖️ Moral Economy

The Good Society 88%

Individualism gutted our institutions. Repair begins where the myth ends: we need each other.

by Robert N. Bellah 1991

3.66

105 ratings

🏘️ Communitarianism 🗳️ American Civic Life 🏛️ Democratic Theory 💰 Market Criticism ⚖️ Moral Economy

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.

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🏛️ Social Policy 📉 Economic Inequality 👷 Labor Markets 🎓 Education Reform 👶 Early Childhood

What We Owe Each Other 88%

The safety net is fraying from childhood to old age. A single plan to rewire it.

by Minouche Shafik 2021

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1k+ ratings

🏛️ Social Policy 📉 Economic Inequality 👷 Labor Markets 🎓 Education Reform 👶 Early Childhood

The World's Banker

by Sebastian Mallaby • 2004

Wolfensohn went to Nigeria to speed development. A prison cell taught what no plan can.

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🌱 Development Economics 🤝 Multilateralism 💵 Foreign Aid 🛠️ Economic Reform 💸 Corruption

The World's Banker 88%

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

Slaying Goliath

by Diane Ravitch • 2020

Billionaires spent billions to privatize public schools. Teachers and parents fought back and won.

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425

🏫 Public Education 💼 School Privatization 📝 High-Stakes Testing ✊ Teacher Unions 💰 Billionaire Philanthropy

Slaying Goliath 88%

Billionaires spent billions to privatize public schools. Teachers and parents fought back and won.

by Diane Ravitch 2020

3.81

425 ratings

🏫 Public Education 💼 School Privatization 📝 High-Stakes Testing ✊ Teacher Unions 💰 Billionaire Philanthropy

Citizens

by Jon Alexander • 2022

Society runs on two stories: we are subjects or consumers. A third story changes everything.

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🗳️ Participatory Democracy 🤝 Civic Engagement 👥 Collective Action 🏘️ Community Organizing 📖 Narrative Change

Citizens 88%

Society runs on two stories: we are subjects or consumers. A third story changes everything.

by Jon Alexander 2022

4.04

317 ratings

🗳️ Participatory Democracy 🤝 Civic Engagement 👥 Collective Action 🏘️ Community Organizing 📖 Narrative Change

Free and Equal

by Daniel Chandler • 2023

Forget who you are, design society. Rawls did; the result might be our fairest system.

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🏛️ Political Philosophy 📜 Social Contract ⚖️ Economic Justice 📊 Progressive Economics 🗳️ Democratic Reform

Free and Equal 88%

Forget who you are, design society. Rawls did; the result might be our fairest system.

by Daniel Chandler 2023

3.95

439 ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📜 Social Contract ⚖️ Economic Justice 📊 Progressive Economics 🗳️ Democratic Reform

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 88%

Life expectancy doubled, incomes soared, and inequality became the price of progress.

by Angus Deaton 2013

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2k+ ratings

🏛️ Economic History ⚖️ Income Inequality 🌍 Global Health 📈 Poverty Reduction 📊 Measuring Wellbeing

Respect in a World of Inequality

by Richard Sennett • 2003

Invisibility is inequality's deepest cut; the systems meant to heal it often cut deeper.

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🗽 Social Inequality 🏆 Meritocracy Critique 🏛️ Welfare State 🎁 Gift Economies 🤝 Recognition And Dignity

Respect in a World of Inequality Summary

Respect in a World of Inequality 88%

Invisibility is inequality's deepest cut; the systems meant to heal it often cut deeper.

by Richard Sennett 2003

3.69

244 ratings

🗽 Social Inequality 🏆 Meritocracy Critique 🏛️ Welfare State 🎁 Gift Economies 🤝 Recognition And Dignity

The Second Curve

by Charles B. Handy • 2015

Every success bends toward decline; the moment to reinvent is while you're still winning.

4.11

448

🏢 Organizational Design 📊 Economic Critique 🔄 Second Acts 🎨 Work-Life Design 👥 Human-Scale Organizations

The Second Curve 88%

Every success bends toward decline; the moment to reinvent is while you're still winning.

by Charles B. Handy 2015

4.11

448 ratings

🏢 Organizational Design 📊 Economic Critique 🔄 Second Acts 🎨 Work-Life Design 👥 Human-Scale Organizations

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 88%

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

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