The Power of Hope

Most people who know me realize that I always have lots of tabs open on my laptop and many of my friends ask WHY??? There are tons of cool resources, articles, books, videos, etc that I have been collecting. I’m going to use this website to display all these links for everyone.

Books

 Confession #1: I love Books. Every time I walk into a book store I get lost staring at the amount of awesome knowledge and I just want to read there for eternity. There are a bunch of books that I have on my to read list so check them out. Hopefully a lot of these get a strikethroughs (an indication that I read them) soon

Development of Economics

• The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else Hernando de Soto
• The Growth Illusion  An Economic and Social Analysis of the Negative Effects of the Traditional Growth Model Richard Douthwaite
• The Growth Illusion  An Economic and Social Analysis of the Negative Effects of the Traditional Growth Model Richard Douthwaite
• SuperFreakonomics Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
• Freakonomics Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
• The End of Wall Street Roger Lowenstein
• The Case Against the Global Economy Jerry Mander + Edward Goldsmith
• How Capitalism Will Save Us Steve Forbes
• The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power Joel Bakan
• Age of Greed: The Triumph of Finance and Decline of America, 1970 to the Present Jeff Madrick
•  Barbarians At Our Gate Bryan Burrough
• Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What it Means
  Albert-LaszloBarbasi
• Confessions of an Economic Hit Man John Perkins

International Development 101: Poverty Alleviation

• Development As Freedom Amartya Sen
• The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It  Paul Collier
•  The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits  C.K. Prahalad
• Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism Muhammad Yunus
• Poor Economics A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty Esther Duflo
• Good to Great and the Social Sectors Jim Collins
• The End of Poverty Jeffrey Sachs
• Enough: Why the World’s Poorest Starve In an Age of Plenty Roger Thurow + Scott Kilman
• Out of Poverty Paul Polak
• End of Global Poverty Stephen Smith  
• Where Hope Takes Root His Highness the Aga Khan
• Civil Society Michael Edwards
• Doing Democracy With Circles Jennifer Ball + Wayne Caldwell
  

Role of Aid In Development:

• ·Dead Aid Dambisa Moyo
• Masters of Illusion: World Bank and the Poverty of Nations Catherine Caufield
• The White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good William Easterly
• Can Interventions Work? Amnesty International Global Ethics Series Rory Stewart
• Give Smart: Philanthropy that Gets Results Thomas Tierney + Joel Fleishman
• How the Aid Industry Works Arjan de Haan

Perspectives You Ought To Hear:

• Toxic Exports: The Transfer of Hazardous Wastes from Rich to Poor Countries Jennifer Clap
• The Mammoth Book of Cover-Ups: The 100 Most Terrifying Conspiracies of All Time Kon E Lewis
• Secret History of American Empire  John Perkins
• Manufacturing Consent Mark Achbar
• Descent Into Chaos: The US and the Disaster in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia Ahmed Rashid
• Guns Germs and Steel Jared Diamond
• WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange’s War on Secrecy Luke Harding
• Dammed Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies, & Aid Samantha Nutt
• Shake Hands With the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda Romeo Dallaire
• Major Problems in American Foreign Relations: Dennis Merrill + Thomas Paterson
• War, Guns, and Votes: Democracy in Dangerous Places Paul Collier
• Failed State: The Abuse of Power and Assault on Democracy Noam Chomski
• Day of Empire: How Hydropowers Rise to Global Dominance and Why They Fail Amy Chua
• The Clash of Civilizations: Remaking of World Order Samuel Huntington
• Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism Ha-Joon Chang

International Development Stories:

• It’s Our Turn to Eat: The story of a Kenyan Whistle-Blower  Michela Wrong 
• Africa Unchained: The Blueprint for Africa’s Future  George B.N. Ayittey
• The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty  Peter Singer
• 28: Stories of AIDS in Africa  Stephanie Nolen
• Girl Soldier: A Story of Hope for Northern Uganda’s Children Grace Akallo
• The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels, and the Business of AIDS Eilzabeth Pisani
• Africa, Altered States, Ordinary Miracles Richard Dowden
• The Aga Khan Rural Support Programme Shoaib Sultan Khan
• Bitter Roots, Tender Shoots Sally Armstrong
• Search For Modern China Jonathan Spence
• The Nonprofit Career Guide: How to Land a Job That Makes a Difference Shelly Cryer
• An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action for the Twenty First Century James Orbinski

Global Issues

• Why Your World Is About to Get A Whole Lot Smaller: Oil and the End of Globalization Jeff Rubin
• The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century  James Howard Kunstler
• Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water Peter Gleick
• The Ingenuity Gap: Can We Solve the Problems of the Future? Thomas Homer-Dixon
• The Big Picture David Suzuki
• Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization Lester R. Brown
• Agrofuels: Big Profits, Ruined Lives and Ecological Destruction Francois Houtart

Marketing/Social Media

• The Dragonfly Effect Jennifer Aaker + Andy Smith

Pleasure Reads

• Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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