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🤝 Trade Not Aid

A provocative argument that developing nations benefit more from fair access to global markets than from foreign assistance. These books challenge conventional approaches to international development.
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 91%
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
Making Globalization Work
by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2006
Rich nations wrote global trade rules for themselves. A Nobel economist's plan to rewrite them.
3.85
2k+
🌍 International Development📊 Development Economics⚡ Anti-Neoliberalism
Making Globalization Work Summary
Making Globalization Work 90%
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
Kicking Away the Ladder
by Ha-Joon Chang • 2002
Tariffs, subsidies, and industrial espionage built the West. Now it preaches free trade to the rest.
4.21
1k+
🏛️ Economic History🌐 Development Economics💰 Political Economy
Kicking Away the Ladder Summary
Kicking Away the Ladder 90%
Tariffs, subsidies, and industrial espionage built the West. Now it preaches free trade to the rest.
by Ha-Joon Chang 2002
4.21
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Economic History🌐 Development Economics💰 Political Economy
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
40 Chances Summary
40 Chances 90%
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
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.
3.87
1k+
📈 Development Economics🌐 International Aid⚙️ Technocratic Critique
The Tyranny of Experts Summary
The Tyranny of Experts 90%
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
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
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 90%
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
The Idealist
by Nina Munk • 2013
The $120-per-person plan to end poverty in Africa: why it failed, village by village.
3.94
1k+
📈 Development Economics🌍 Foreign Aid🏛️ Top-Down Planning
The Idealist Summary
The Idealist 89%
The $120-per-person plan to end poverty in Africa: why it failed, village by village.
by Nina Munk 2013
3.94
1k+ ratings
📈 Development Economics🌍 Foreign Aid🏛️ Top-Down Planning
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
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
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 Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy
by Pietra Rivoli • 2005
A T-shirt's journey exposes the global economy's real engine: politics, migration, and subsidies.
3.69
3k+
🌐 Trade Politics📦 Commodity Studies🧵 Textile Industry
The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy Summary
The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy 89%
A T-shirt's journey exposes the global economy's real engine: politics, migration, and subsidies.
by Pietra Rivoli 2005
3.69
3k+ ratings
🌐 Trade Politics📦 Commodity Studies🧵 Textile Industry
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
Building Social Business Summary
Building Social Business 89%
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
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
Aid on the Edge of Chaos Summary
Aid on the Edge of Chaos 89%
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
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
The World's Banker Summary
The World's Banker 89%
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
The Divide
by Jason Hickel • 2017
Colonial theft, debt traps, and rigged trade built global poverty; the official numbers hide it.
4.62
4k+
🌍 Global Inequality⛓️ Neocolonialism🏛️ Dependency Theory
The Divide Summary
The Divide 89%
Colonial theft, debt traps, and rigged trade built global poverty; the official numbers hide it.
by Jason Hickel 2017
4.62
4k+ ratings
🌍 Global Inequality⛓️ Neocolonialism🏛️ Dependency Theory
The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan
by Liesl Clark • 2020
A no-shopping plan that saves money, cuts waste, and turns neighbors into your best resource.
3.44
2k+
🧩 Anti-Consumerism🎁 Gift Economies🤝 Sharing Economy
The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan Summary
The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan 89%
A no-shopping plan that saves money, cuts waste, and turns neighbors into your best resource.
by Liesl Clark 2020
3.44
2k+ ratings
🧩 Anti-Consumerism🎁 Gift Economies🤝 Sharing Economy
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
by John Perkins • 2005
A former insider reveals how the US uses debt to control poor nations and extract trillions.
3.87
40k+
🌍 International Development🌐 Geopolitics💰 Debt Imperialism
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Summary
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man 89%
A former insider reveals how the US uses debt to control poor nations and extract trillions.
by John Perkins 2005
3.87
40k+ ratings
🌍 International Development🌐 Geopolitics💰 Debt Imperialism
Toxic Charity
by Robert D. Lupton • 2011
How to stop hurting the people you want to help: swap handouts for dignity and investment.
3.94
5k+
📉 Charity Critique💰 Microfinance🏘️ Community Development
Toxic Charity Summary
Toxic Charity 89%
How to stop hurting the people you want to help: swap handouts for dignity and investment.
by Robert D. Lupton 2011
3.94
5k+ ratings
📉 Charity Critique💰 Microfinance🏘️ Community Development
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
A Splendid Exchange
by William J. Bernstein • 2008
Commerce, not conquest, built the modern world: the history of trade from obsidian to oil.
4.16
3k+
📈 Economic History🌍 Global Trade🕰️ Big History
A Splendid Exchange Summary
A Splendid Exchange 89%
Commerce, not conquest, built the modern world: the history of trade from obsidian to oil.
by William J. Bernstein 2008
4.16
3k+ ratings
📈 Economic History🌍 Global Trade🕰️ Big History
Edible Economics
by Ha-Joon Chang • 2022
Your dinner is a map of global economics: tariffs, subsidies, and the myths we still believe.
3.83
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🧠 Economic Myths🌐 Global Trade🏭 Industrial Policy
Edible Economics Summary
Edible Economics 89%
Your dinner is a map of global economics: tariffs, subsidies, and the myths we still believe.
by Ha-Joon Chang 2022
3.83
3k+ ratings
🧠 Economic Myths🌐 Global Trade🏭 Industrial Policy
Silent Coup
by Claire Provost • 2023
Companies sue nations in secret tribunals, run private cities, command armies. Voters never agreed.
4.31
277
🏛️ Corporate Capture⚖️ Trade Tribunals🛡️ Privatized Security
Silent Coup Summary
Silent Coup 89%
Companies sue nations in secret tribunals, run private cities, command armies. Voters never agreed.
by Claire Provost 2023
4.31
277 ratings
🏛️ Corporate Capture⚖️ Trade Tribunals🛡️ Privatized Security
Bankrupting the Third World
by James Morcan • 2015
The global poverty industry: why aid, loans, and conflict minerals ensure poor nations stay poor.
4.40
96
🛢️ Resource Extraction💰 Aid Critique⛏️ Conflict Minerals
Bankrupting the Third World Summary
Bankrupting the Third World 89%
The global poverty industry: why aid, loans, and conflict minerals ensure poor nations stay poor.
by James Morcan 2015
4.40
96 ratings
🛢️ Resource Extraction💰 Aid Critique⛏️ Conflict Minerals
Bad Samaritans
by Ha-Joon Chang • 2007
Rich nations preach free trade. Their own history is tariffs, state planning, and stolen patents.
4.20
6k+
🏗️ Development Economics📜 Economic History🏭 Industrial Policy
Bad Samaritans Summary
Bad Samaritans 89%
Rich nations preach free trade. Their own history is tariffs, state planning, and stolen patents.
by Ha-Joon Chang 2007
4.20
6k+ ratings
🏗️ Development Economics📜 Economic History🏭 Industrial Policy
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
Gambling on Development Summary
Gambling on Development 89%
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
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 89%
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
Death by China
by Peter Navarro • 2011
America armed its biggest rival: every dollar spent at Walmart helped finance the Chinese military.
3.50
531
🇺🇸 Economic Nationalism🏭 Authoritarian Capitalism💱 Currency Manipulation
Death by China Summary
Death by China 89%
America armed its biggest rival: every dollar spent at Walmart helped finance the Chinese military.
by Peter Navarro 2011
3.50
531 ratings
🇺🇸 Economic Nationalism🏭 Authoritarian Capitalism💱 Currency Manipulation
The Post-Corporate World
by David C. Korten • 1999
Capitalism isn't the market; it's a disease. The cure is taking root in local communities.
3.77
132
🌍 Post-Capitalism🗳️ Economic Democracy🏘️ Local Economies
The Post-Corporate World Summary
The Post-Corporate World 89%
Capitalism isn't the market; it's a disease. The cure is taking root in local communities.
by David C. Korten 1999
3.77
132 ratings
🌍 Post-Capitalism🗳️ Economic Democracy🏘️ Local Economies
The Wal-Mart Effect
by Charles Fishman • 2006
200,000 gallons of pickles a week: the hidden cost behind the lowest sticker price.
3.84
4k+
🏬 Big-Box Retail🔗 Supply Chain💼 Corporate Power
The Wal-Mart Effect Summary
The Wal-Mart Effect 89%
200,000 gallons of pickles a week: the hidden cost behind the lowest sticker price.
by Charles Fishman 2006
3.84
4k+ ratings
🏬 Big-Box Retail🔗 Supply Chain💼 Corporate Power
A Country Is Not a Company
by Paul Krugman • 2009
Why running a country like a business fails: the economic logic business leaders never learn.
3.98
244
🏛️ Economic Policy📉 Trade Deficits💱 Balance Of Payments
A Country Is Not a Company Summary
A Country Is Not a Company 89%
Why running a country like a business fails: the economic logic business leaders never learn.
by Paul Krugman 2009
3.98
244 ratings
🏛️ Economic Policy📉 Trade Deficits💱 Balance Of Payments
Trust and Market Institutions in Africa
by Kingsley Obi Omeihe • 2023
Why Africa's entrepreneurs lean on chiefs, imams, and cousins instead of contracts.
🌍 African Enterprise📊 Institutional Economics🤝 Trust And Business
Trust and Market Institutions in Africa Summary
Trust and Market Institutions in Africa 89%
Why Africa's entrepreneurs lean on chiefs, imams, and cousins instead of contracts.
by Kingsley Obi Omeihe 2023
🌍 African Enterprise📊 Institutional Economics🤝 Trust And Business
Capitalist Nigger
by Chika A. Onyeani • 2000
Economic dependency is the new slavery. The cure: become the kind of predator capitalism rewards.
3.59
477
🧱 Black Conservatism🔗 Racial Capitalism🌍 Postcolonial Economics
Capitalist Nigger Summary
Capitalist Nigger 89%
Economic dependency is the new slavery. The cure: become the kind of predator capitalism rewards.
by Chika A. Onyeani 2000
3.59
477 ratings
🧱 Black Conservatism🔗 Racial Capitalism🌍 Postcolonial Economics
How to Change the World
by David Bornstein • 2013
The method for scaling a social mission from one village to an entire continent.
3.94
2k+
💡 Social Innovation🌍 International Development📈 Scaling Impact
How to Change the World Summary
How to Change the World 89%
The method for scaling a social mission from one village to an entire continent.
by David Bornstein 2013
3.94
2k+ ratings
💡 Social Innovation🌍 International Development📈 Scaling Impact
George Soros On Globalization
by George Soros • 2002
Financial markets are inherently unstable. The fix is stricter regulation and a new kind of aid.
3.20
251
🌍 Globalization Critique📉 Market Instability🕊️ Open Society
George Soros On Globalization Summary
George Soros On Globalization 89%
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
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
by John Perkins • 2016
Empire runs on rigged loans and broken countries. One of its architects tells all.
3.93
8k+
🏴 Neocolonialism🌐 Global Finance📣 Whistleblower Accounts
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Summary
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man 89%
Empire runs on rigged loans and broken countries. One of its architects tells all.
by John Perkins 2016
3.93
8k+ ratings
🏴 Neocolonialism🌐 Global Finance📣 Whistleblower Accounts
Chokepoint Capitalism
by Rebecca Giblin • 2022
A few corporations hold the gates between artists and audiences. The plan to pry them open.
4.25
1k+
🧠 Creative Industries💻 Digital Platforms🏢 Corporate Power
Chokepoint Capitalism Summary
Chokepoint Capitalism 89%
A few corporations hold the gates between artists and audiences. The plan to pry them open.
by Rebecca Giblin 2022
4.25
1k+ ratings
🧠 Creative Industries💻 Digital Platforms🏢 Corporate Power
Beyond Money
by Anitra Nelson • 2022
Money is not a neutral tool. It is a growth engine incompatible with a living planet.
2.96
24
🏛️ Postcapitalism📉 Degrowth🤝 Commoning
Beyond Money Summary
Beyond Money 88%
Money is not a neutral tool. It is a growth engine incompatible with a living planet.
by Anitra Nelson 2022
2.96
24 ratings
🏛️ Postcapitalism📉 Degrowth🤝 Commoning
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 88%
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
Enhancing Energy-Based Livelihoods for Women Micro-Entrepreneurs
by Asian Development Bank • 2018
Clean energy micro-enterprises in India are giving women economic power and reshaping communities.
👩‍💼 Women Entrepreneurs⚡ Energy Access💰 Microfinance
Enhancing Energy-Based Livelihoods for Women Micro-Entrepreneurs Summary
Enhancing Energy-Based Livelihoods for Women Micro-Entrepreneurs 88%
Clean energy micro-enterprises in India are giving women economic power and reshaping communities.
by Asian Development Bank 2018
👩‍💼 Women Entrepreneurs⚡ Energy Access💰 Microfinance
Small is Beautiful
by Ernst F. Schumacher • 1973
The case for an economics small enough to fit people, their work, and a finite planet.
4.09
7k+
🌱 Ecological Economics🔧 Human-Scale Technology🛠️ Work And Meaning
Small is Beautiful Summary
Small is Beautiful 88%
The case for an economics small enough to fit people, their work, and a finite planet.
by Ernst F. Schumacher 1973
4.09
7k+ ratings
🌱 Ecological Economics🔧 Human-Scale Technology🛠️ Work And Meaning
Earth Democracy
by Vandana Shiva • 2005
The enclosure of common land never ended. It just moved to seeds, water, and biodiversity.
3.97
749
🍽️ Food Politics🌍 Anti-Globalization⚖️ Environmental Justice
Earth Democracy Summary
Earth Democracy 88%
The enclosure of common land never ended. It just moved to seeds, water, and biodiversity.
by Vandana Shiva 2005
3.97
749 ratings
🍽️ Food Politics🌍 Anti-Globalization⚖️ Environmental Justice
Factory Man
by Beth Macy • 2014
John Bassett III bet against offshoring. The survival of his Virginia town hung on it.
3.87
3k+
🏭 American Manufacturing🌍 Globalization Impact🏘️ Small Town America
Factory Man Summary
Factory Man 88%
John Bassett III bet against offshoring. The survival of his Virginia town hung on it.
by Beth Macy 2014
3.87
3k+ ratings
🏭 American Manufacturing🌍 Globalization Impact🏘️ Small Town America
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
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🌍 Economic Development🏗️ Market Creation🔄 Disruptive Innovation
The Prosperity Paradox Summary
The Prosperity Paradox 88%
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
Everything for Everyone
by Nathan Schneider • 2018
The cooperative model that electrified rural America is being rebuilt to challenge Uber and Amazon.
3.96
140
🏘️ Cooperative Economics🗳️ Economic Democracy🤝 Solidarity Economy
Everything for Everyone Summary
Everything for Everyone 88%
The cooperative model that electrified rural America is being rebuilt to challenge Uber and Amazon.
by Nathan Schneider 2018
3.96
140 ratings
🏘️ Cooperative Economics🗳️ Economic Democracy🤝 Solidarity Economy
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 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
Trade Wars Are Class Wars
by Matthew C. Klein • 2020
The real trade war is between classes, not nations. Money flows, not goods, tell the story.
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🏛️ Political Economy⚖️ Global Imbalances💰 Inequality And Trade
Trade Wars Are Class Wars Summary
Trade Wars Are Class Wars 88%
The real trade war is between classes, not nations. Money flows, not goods, tell the story.
by Matthew C. Klein 2020
4.11
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Economy⚖️ Global Imbalances💰 Inequality And Trade
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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149
🏦 Rentier Capitalism🏝️ Tax Havens📈 Financialization
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
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 88%
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
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
The World for Sale
by Javier Blas • 2021
A few secretive companies move the world's oil, grain, and metals, thriving on sanctions and coups.
4.32
13k+
🧱 Commodity Trading🚢 Global Supply Chains🚫 Sanctions Busting
The World for Sale Summary
The World for Sale 88%
A few secretive companies move the world's oil, grain, and metals, thriving on sanctions and coups.
by Javier Blas 2021
4.32
13k+ ratings
🧱 Commodity Trading🚢 Global Supply Chains🚫 Sanctions Busting
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
Billions of Drops in Millions of Buckets Summary
Billions of Drops in Millions of Buckets 88%
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
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