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🌱 Poverty And Enterprise

The resourcefulness born of necessity, exploring how those with the least navigate economic survival through ingenuity, informal economies, and entrepreneurial grit.
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
1k+
🌍 Development Economics💰 Microfinance🏦 Financial Inclusion
Portfolios of the Poor Summary
Portfolios of the Poor 91%
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
Gang Leader for a Day
by Sudhir Venkatesh • 2008
A sociologist ran a Chicago gang for a day. The books were cleaner than he expected.
4.07
26k+
🏙️ Urban Poverty📝 Ethnographic Fieldwork💰 Underground Economy
Gang Leader for a Day Summary
Gang Leader for a Day 90%
A sociologist ran a Chicago gang for a day. The books were cleaner than he expected.
by Sudhir Venkatesh 2008
4.07
26k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Poverty📝 Ethnographic Fieldwork💰 Underground Economy
Banker to the Poor
by Muhammad Yunus • 1991
The poor aren't creditworthy, banks said. A $27 loan to basket weavers changed everything.
4.12
10k+
🏦 Microfinance🌱 Social Entrepreneurship🌍 Poverty Alleviation
Banker to the Poor Summary
Banker to the Poor 90%
The poor aren't creditworthy, banks said. A $27 loan to basket weavers changed everything.
by Muhammad Yunus 1991
4.12
10k+ ratings
🏦 Microfinance🌱 Social Entrepreneurship🌍 Poverty Alleviation
How the Poor Can Save Capitalism
by John Hope Bryant • 2014
The poor aren't a drain; they're an untapped engine. A blueprint for making capitalism include them.
3.99
210
🧠 Financial Literacy📈 Credit Repair🏦 Community Banking
How the Poor Can Save Capitalism Summary
How the Poor Can Save Capitalism 90%
The poor aren't a drain; they're an untapped engine. A blueprint for making capitalism include them.
by John Hope Bryant 2014
3.99
210 ratings
🧠 Financial Literacy📈 Credit Repair🏦 Community Banking
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
The Prosperity Paradox Summary
The Prosperity Paradox 90%
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
Building Social Business
by Muhammad Yunus • 1997
A business that returns your money and not a penny more. It beats charity and it scales.
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2k+
🚀 Social Entrepreneurship💰 Microfinance🤝 Poverty Alleviation
Building Social Business Summary
Building Social Business 90%
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
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
4k+
🏠 Property Rights🌍 Development Economics🏘️ Informal Economies
The Mystery Of Capital Summary
The Mystery Of Capital 90%
$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
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
In Our Hands Summary
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
Poverty Safari
by Darren McGarvey • 2017
Poverty isn't just broke. It's trauma, addiction, and a mind that fights its own rescue.
4.01
7k+
🏚️ Urban Poverty📊 Class Analysis💊 Addiction And Recovery
Poverty Safari Summary
Poverty Safari 89%
Poverty isn't just broke. It's trauma, addiction, and a mind that fights its own rescue.
by Darren McGarvey 2017
4.01
7k+ ratings
🏚️ Urban Poverty📊 Class Analysis💊 Addiction And Recovery
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
All You Can Eat Summary
All You Can Eat 89%
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
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
Poor Economics Summary
Poor Economics 89%
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
The Narrow Road
by Felix Dennis • 2010
Getting rich is a brutal, improbable pursuit. The blunt playbook from someone who pulled it off.
4.23
655
💰 Self-Made Wealth💪 Founder Resilience💸 Cash Flow Management
The Narrow Road Summary
The Narrow Road 89%
Getting rich is a brutal, improbable pursuit. The blunt playbook from someone who pulled it off.
by Felix Dennis 2010
4.23
655 ratings
💰 Self-Made Wealth💪 Founder Resilience💸 Cash Flow Management
Hillbilly Elegy
by J.D. Vance • 2016
Poverty teaches a lesson that keeps you poor: your effort doesn't matter.
3.83
508k+
⛰️ Appalachian Memoir🏭 White Working Class🧸 Childhood Adversity
Hillbilly Elegy Summary
Hillbilly Elegy 89%
Poverty teaches a lesson that keeps you poor: your effort doesn't matter.
by J.D. Vance 2016
3.83
508k+ ratings
⛰️ Appalachian Memoir🏭 White Working Class🧸 Childhood Adversity
Invisible Child
by Andrea Elliott • 2021
Born homeless in Brooklyn, Dasani gets one shot: a boarding school that accepts one in ten.
4.70
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🏙️ Urban Poverty🛡️ Child Welfare🔁 Intergenerational Poverty
Invisible Child Summary
Invisible Child 89%
Born homeless in Brooklyn, Dasani gets one shot: a boarding school that accepts one in ten.
by Andrea Elliott 2021
4.70
20k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Poverty🛡️ Child Welfare🔁 Intergenerational Poverty
The Misfit Economy
by Alexa Clay • 2015
Pirates, gangsters, and hackers cracked innovation before Silicon Valley. Their playbook, decoded.
3.28
796
🏚️ Informal Economies🕶️ Underground Innovation📋 Strategic Imitation
The Misfit Economy Summary
The Misfit Economy 89%
Pirates, gangsters, and hackers cracked innovation before Silicon Valley. Their playbook, decoded.
by Alexa Clay 2015
3.28
796 ratings
🏚️ Informal Economies🕶️ Underground Innovation📋 Strategic Imitation
Maid
by Stephanie Land • 2019
A single mother cleans houses while barely holding onto her own: life inside the working poor.
3.86
114k+
💰 Working Poor🧹 Domestic Labor🌫️ Invisible Labor
Maid Summary
Maid 89%
A single mother cleans houses while barely holding onto her own: life inside the working poor.
by Stephanie Land 2019
3.86
114k+ ratings
💰 Working Poor🧹 Domestic Labor🌫️ Invisible Labor
White Poverty
by William J. Barber II • 2024
America's poor are mostly white. The lie that says otherwise keeps the working class fractured.
4.28
719
🏚️ Systemic Poverty🔗 Racial Division💭 Poverty Myths
White Poverty Summary
White Poverty 89%
America's poor are mostly white. The lie that says otherwise keeps the working class fractured.
by William J. Barber II 2024
4.28
719 ratings
🏚️ Systemic Poverty🔗 Racial Division💭 Poverty Myths
Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter
by 50 Cent • 2020
Shot nine times and built a fortune. The street-tested principles that made it possible.
4.33
10k+
🏙️ Street Entrepreneurship🎤 Personal Branding🦁 Fear Management
Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter Summary
Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter 89%
Shot nine times and built a fortune. The street-tested principles that made it possible.
by 50 Cent 2020
4.33
10k+ ratings
🏙️ Street Entrepreneurship🎤 Personal Branding🦁 Fear Management
Broke, USA
by Gary Rivlin • 2010
How pawnshops and payday lenders turned the working poor into a multi-billion dollar market.
3.71
1k+
🦈 Predatory Lending🏚️ Poverty Economics🚪 Financial Exclusion
Broke, USA Summary
Broke, USA 89%
How pawnshops and payday lenders turned the working poor into a multi-billion dollar market.
by Gary Rivlin 2010
3.71
1k+ ratings
🦈 Predatory Lending🏚️ Poverty Economics🚪 Financial Exclusion
English Journey
by J.B. Priestley • 1934
Factories silent, towns hollow, but the people Priestley met in 1933 refused to vanish.
4.09
483
🏭 Industrial Decline📉 Depression Era👷 Working Class Life
English Journey Summary
English Journey 89%
Factories silent, towns hollow, but the people Priestley met in 1933 refused to vanish.
by J.B. Priestley 1934
4.09
483 ratings
🏭 Industrial Decline📉 Depression Era👷 Working Class Life
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
The Human Cost of Welfare Summary
The Human Cost of Welfare 89%
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
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
2k+
🏢 Social Entrepreneurship💰 Microfinance⚖️ Wealth Inequality
A World of Three Zeros Summary
A World of Three Zeros 89%
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
Not Working
by D.W. Gibson • 2012
What a paycheck conceals: Americans on the identity, health, and dignity that left with the job.
3.68
60
🎙️ Oral History💸 Economic Precarity🔨 Work And Identity
Not Working Summary
Not Working 89%
What a paycheck conceals: Americans on the identity, health, and dignity that left with the job.
by D.W. Gibson 2012
3.68
60 ratings
🎙️ Oral History💸 Economic Precarity🔨 Work And Identity
The Bottom Billion
by Paul Collier • 2007
Four traps keep a billion people poor, and the usual remedies only tighten them.
3.85
8k+
📈 Development Economics🪤 Poverty Traps🛢️ Resource Curse
The Bottom Billion Summary
The Bottom Billion 89%
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
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
by Katherine Boo • 2012
A murder charge, born of envy, traps a garbage-sorting family in Mumbai's market for justice.
3.98
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🏙️ Urban Poverty🇮🇳 Indian Society🪝 Systemic Corruption
Behind the Beautiful Forevers Summary
Behind the Beautiful Forevers 89%
A murder charge, born of envy, traps a garbage-sorting family in Mumbai's market for justice.
by Katherine Boo 2012
3.98
117k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Poverty🇮🇳 Indian Society🪝 Systemic Corruption
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
6k+
📈 Development Economics🔍 Aid Skepticism🌱 Bottom-Up Development
The White Man's Burden Summary
The White Man's Burden 89%
$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
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
The Locust Effect Summary
The Locust Effect 89%
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
The Business Secrets of Drug Dealing
by Matt Taibbi • 2018
A drug dealer's business playbook: lessons in risk, financial discipline, and knowing when to quit.
3.95
337
🏴 Criminal Enterprise📊 Street Economics⚠️ Risk Management
The Business Secrets of Drug Dealing Summary
The Business Secrets of Drug Dealing 89%
A drug dealer's business playbook: lessons in risk, financial discipline, and knowing when to quit.
by Matt Taibbi 2018
3.95
337 ratings
🏴 Criminal Enterprise📊 Street Economics⚠️ Risk Management
Never Get a “Real” Job
by Scott Gerber • 2010
One paragraph is your entire business plan. The lean, cash-first route out of the nine-to-five.
3.30
413
👢 Bootstrapping🏗️ Lean Entrepreneurship🧑‍💼 Solopreneurship
Never Get a “Real” Job Summary
Never Get a “Real” Job 89%
One paragraph is your entire business plan. The lean, cash-first route out of the nine-to-five.
by Scott Gerber 2010
3.30
413 ratings
👢 Bootstrapping🏗️ Lean Entrepreneurship🧑‍💼 Solopreneurship
Defending the Free Market
by Robert Sirico • 2012
Why free markets, not socialism, serve the poor: a priest's moral and theological case.
4.14
258
🏪 Free Market Economics✝️ Christian Economics⚖️ Ethics Of Capitalism
Defending the Free Market Summary
Defending the Free Market 89%
Why free markets, not socialism, serve the poor: a priest's moral and theological case.
by Robert Sirico 2012
4.14
258 ratings
🏪 Free Market Economics✝️ Christian Economics⚖️ Ethics Of Capitalism
No Shame in My Game
by Katherine S. Newman • 1999
The job everyone ridicules might be the best shot at dignity for America's working poor.
3.75
466
🧐 Urban Ethnography🧑‍🏭 Working Poor🍔 Low-Wage Labor
No Shame in My Game Summary
No Shame in My Game 89%
The job everyone ridicules might be the best shot at dignity for America's working poor.
by Katherine S. Newman 1999
3.75
466 ratings
🧐 Urban Ethnography🧑‍🏭 Working Poor🍔 Low-Wage Labor
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.
4.10
5k+
🚀 Social Entrepreneurship🌍 Global Development📖 Founder Memoir
Leaving Microsoft to Change the World Summary
Leaving Microsoft to Change the World 89%
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
Dead Aid
by Dambisa Moyo • 2009
Trillions in aid made Africa poorer. The remedy: trade, markets, and a hard deadline.
3.70
8k+
🌍 African Economies🔗 Aid Dependency🏗️ Market Development
Dead Aid Summary
Dead Aid 89%
Trillions in aid made Africa poorer. The remedy: trade, markets, and a hard deadline.
by Dambisa Moyo 2009
3.70
8k+ ratings
🌍 African Economies🔗 Aid Dependency🏗️ Market Development
Having Nothing, Possessing Everything
by Michael Mather • 2018
A pastor stopped tallying what his poor neighborhood lacked. What he found rewrote his calling.
4.39
241
🗺️ Asset-Based Community Development🏙️ Urban Ministry💰 Community Economics
Having Nothing, Possessing Everything Summary
Having Nothing, Possessing Everything 88%
A pastor stopped tallying what his poor neighborhood lacked. What he found rewrote his calling.
by Michael Mather 2018
4.39
241 ratings
🗺️ Asset-Based Community Development🏙️ Urban Ministry💰 Community Economics
Improving Poor People
by Michael B. Katz • 1995
Why America keeps trying to fix the poor instead of poverty, and what history reveals.
3.83
12
📉 Poverty Policy🏛️ Welfare State🎯 Blaming The Victim
Improving Poor People Summary
Improving Poor People 88%
Why America keeps trying to fix the poor instead of poverty, and what history reveals.
by Michael B. Katz 1995
3.83
12 ratings
📉 Poverty Policy🏛️ Welfare State🎯 Blaming The Victim
I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt
by Madeline Pendleton • 2024
The financial rules that work when you are broke look nothing like the ones in the bestsellers.
4.52
4k+
💰 Financial Memoir📱 Millennial Money🏚️ Economic Precarity
I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt Summary
I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt 88%
The financial rules that work when you are broke look nothing like the ones in the bestsellers.
by Madeline Pendleton 2024
4.52
4k+ ratings
💰 Financial Memoir📱 Millennial Money🏚️ Economic Precarity
The Millionaire Fastlane
by M.J. DeMarco • 2010
You can't get rich trading hours for dollars. The scalable business playbook from someone who did.
4.30
27k+
🏝️ Financial Independence💸 Passive Income📈 Scalable Business Models
The Millionaire Fastlane Summary
The Millionaire Fastlane 88%
You can't get rich trading hours for dollars. The scalable business playbook from someone who did.
by M.J. DeMarco 2010
4.30
27k+ ratings
🏝️ Financial Independence💸 Passive Income📈 Scalable Business Models
How the Other Half Banks
by Mehrsa Baradaran • 2015
Banks get public support but exclude the poor. The public option that restores the social contract.
4.09
626
🏦 Banking History📜 Financial Regulation🇺🇸 Us Economic Policy
How the Other Half Banks Summary
How the Other Half Banks 88%
Banks get public support but exclude the poor. The public option that restores the social contract.
by Mehrsa Baradaran 2015
4.09
626 ratings
🏦 Banking History📜 Financial Regulation🇺🇸 Us Economic Policy
The New Urban Crisis
by Richard Florida • 2017
Why urban revival is driving inequality and pushing out the middle class.
3.49
1k+
🏙️ Urban Inequality🏘️ Gentrification📊 Economic Segregation
The New Urban Crisis Summary
The New Urban Crisis 88%
Why urban revival is driving inequality and pushing out the middle class.
by Richard Florida 2017
3.49
1k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Inequality🏘️ Gentrification📊 Economic Segregation
One Thousand Ways to Make $1000
by F.C. Minaker • 2010
The encyclopedia of small ventures: how to start a business from whatever you already do well.
4.01
420
🏃 Side Hustles💡 Skill Monetization💰 Multiple Income Streams
One Thousand Ways to Make $1000 Summary
One Thousand Ways to Make $1000 88%
The encyclopedia of small ventures: how to start a business from whatever you already do well.
by F.C. Minaker 2010
4.01
420 ratings
🏃 Side Hustles💡 Skill Monetization💰 Multiple Income Streams
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
Best Things First Summary
Best Things First 88%
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
The Unknown Billionaires
by Michael Caldwell • 2014
Behind fifty self-made fortunes: the patterns that separate billion-dollar builders from the rest.
3.88
146
📖 Entrepreneur Biographies💰 Self-Made Wealth🔍 Pattern Spotting
The Unknown Billionaires Summary
The Unknown Billionaires 88%
Behind fifty self-made fortunes: the patterns that separate billion-dollar builders from the rest.
by Michael Caldwell 2014
3.88
146 ratings
📖 Entrepreneur Biographies💰 Self-Made Wealth🔍 Pattern Spotting
How to Get Rich
by Felix Dennis • 2006
What a man who actually got rich says about ownership, delegation, and the cost nobody mentions.
4.18
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🏗️ Wealth Building🔑 Business Ownership🤝 Dealmaking
How to Get Rich Summary
How to Get Rich 88%
What a man who actually got rich says about ownership, delegation, and the cost nobody mentions.
by Felix Dennis 2006
4.18
7k+ ratings
🏗️ Wealth Building🔑 Business Ownership🤝 Dealmaking
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
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
48 Laws of Hustle
by Jimmy Phan • 2019
Forty-eight laws for building a legacy through relentless work and the integrity to deserve it.
4.18
65
🏃 Hustle Culture⏰ Daily Discipline🛡️ Adversity Mindset
48 Laws of Hustle Summary
48 Laws of Hustle 88%
Forty-eight laws for building a legacy through relentless work and the integrity to deserve it.
by Jimmy Phan 2019
4.18
65 ratings
🏃 Hustle Culture⏰ Daily Discipline🛡️ Adversity Mindset
Good Money Revolution
by Derrick Kinney • 2022
What if wealth-building was an act of generosity? A practical plan to earn, save, and give.
3.75
168
💰 Personal Finance🧠 Money Mindset🎁 Charitable Giving
Good Money Revolution Summary
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
Bachelor Pad Economics
by Aaron Clarey • 2013
The standard advice about college, career, and marriage is ruining young men. Here is the fix.
4.18
739
🏦 Personal Finance💰 Financial Independence🏚️ Frugal Living
Bachelor Pad Economics Summary
Bachelor Pad Economics 88%
The standard advice about college, career, and marriage is ruining young men. Here is the fix.
by Aaron Clarey 2013
4.18
739 ratings
🏦 Personal Finance💰 Financial Independence🏚️ Frugal Living
In the Shadow of the Poorhouse
by Michael B. Katz • 1986
American welfare was designed to deter, not to help. The poorhouse closed; the logic stayed.
3.74
138
📜 Welfare History🏚️ Poverty Studies🔗 Structural Inequality
In the Shadow of the Poorhouse Summary
In the Shadow of the Poorhouse 88%
American welfare was designed to deter, not to help. The poorhouse closed; the logic stayed.
by Michael B. Katz 1986
3.74
138 ratings
📜 Welfare History🏚️ Poverty Studies🔗 Structural Inequality
Evicted
by Matthew Desmond • 2016
Poverty isn't the cause of eviction. Eviction is the cause of poverty, and the market profits.
4.47
115k+
🏙️ Urban Poverty🏚️ Housing Insecurity✊ Racial Inequality
Evicted Summary
Evicted 88%
Poverty isn't the cause of eviction. Eviction is the cause of poverty, and the market profits.
by Matthew Desmond 2016
4.47
115k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Poverty🏚️ Housing Insecurity✊ Racial Inequality
Development Economics
by Debraj Ray • 1998
Missing markets, bad information, coordination traps: the hidden economics of persistent poverty.
4.03
190
🌍 Development Economics🪤 Poverty Traps⚠️ Market Failures
Development Economics Summary
Development Economics 88%
Missing markets, bad information, coordination traps: the hidden economics of persistent poverty.
by Debraj Ray 1998
4.03
190 ratings
🌍 Development Economics🪤 Poverty Traps⚠️ Market Failures
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