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Wealth & Poverty

Most Recommended Books

The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett

“Spirit Level is an incredible book. It provides the evidence that inequality is bad for us all including the best-off. “

Danny Dorling, Sociologist

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The Race between Education and Technology by Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F Katz

“This book is important because it captures another conventional wisdom with respect to automation: that the best response to the challenge is ‘more’ education. And it does this in a wonderfully clear and engaging way.”

Daniel Susskind,

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Banker to the Poor by Muhammad Yunus

“I chose this book for the power of the story that he tells – the founding of Grameen Bank and the success that it has had.”

Roger Thurow, Foreign Correspondent

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The Doubly Green Revolution by Gordon Conway

“This is a dense read by a wonderful leader in the field of agriculture who went on to become president of the Rockefeller Foundation. It’s probably one of the more important stories in human history”

Rajiv Shah, Development & Aid Workers (see also Economists)

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Chavs by Owen Jones

Here you can find a wide variety of interviews recommending books on wealth and poverty—largely (but not exclusively) focused on contemporary policy challenges. Stephen D King, chief economist at HSBC, chooses his best books on globalisation, and discusses the limits of what free trade and free markets can achieve.

Muhammad Yunus, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and founder of the Grameen Bank, discusses the creation of a world without poverty while Jeffrey D Sachs, former special adviser to former UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon, chooses his best books on the Millennium development goals. Richard Jolly, former assistant secretary general of the UN, talks about children and the Millennium development goals. Elsewhere on development issues, Rajiv Shah, former head of USAID, discusses breakthroughs in development, and veteran Bangladeshi feminist Khushi Kabir chooses her best books on rural women in the developing world. Jamila Michener of Cornell University chooses her best books on the politics of policy making.

We have a wide range of interviews specifically related to issues of inequality. Branko Milanovic, an economist at the World Bank, explores economic inequality between nations and people. Daron Acemoglu, professor of economics at MIT, explores inequality, how it occurs and what wealth and poverty mean for society; relatedly, journalist Timothy Noah chooses his best books on the inequality crisis. Writer and journalist Will Hutton discusses fairness and equality and British Labour MP David Lammy looks at the context of the UK riots of 2011.

Lastly, we have journalist Roger Thurow discussing books on hunger; microfinance expert Stuart Rutherford on the poor and their money; and Professor Ruth Gomberg-Munoz on America’s undocumented workers.

    Peter Temin on An Economic Historian’s Favourite Books

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    Peter Temin on An Economic Historian’s Favourite Books - Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty

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    Capital in the Twenty-First Century
    by Thomas Piketty

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    Peter Temin on An Economic Historian’s Favourite Books - The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

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    The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
    by Michelle Alexander

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    Peter Temin on An Economic Historian’s Favourite Books - The Strange Career of Jim Crow by C. Vann Woodward

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    The Strange Career of Jim Crow
    by C. Vann Woodward

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    Peter Temin on An Economic Historian’s Favourite Books - A Theory of Economic History by John Hicks

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    A Theory of Economic History
    by John Hicks

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    Peter Temin on An Economic Historian’s Favourite Books - Feudal Society by marc bloch

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    Feudal Society
    by marc bloch

Peter Temin on An Economic Historian’s Favourite Books

Distinguished economic historian, Peter Temin, talks us through some of his favourite books. His own latest book, The Vanishing Middle Class, charts America’s regression towards a pre-industrial society: with many poor, a few rich, and not much in between.

    The best books on Inequality, recommended by Daron Acemoglu

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    The best books on Inequality - The Race between Education and Technology by Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F Katz

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    The Race between Education and Technology
    by Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F Katz

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    The best books on Inequality - Top Incomes in the Long Run of History by Emmanuel Saez, Thomas Piketty & Tony Atkinson

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    Top Incomes in the Long Run of History
    by Emmanuel Saez, Thomas Piketty & Tony Atkinson

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    The best books on Inequality - Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson

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    Why Nations Fail
    by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson

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    The best books on Inequality - Unequal Democracy by Larry M Bartels

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    Unequal Democracy
    by Larry M Bartels

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    The best books on Inequality - 13 Bankers by Simon Johnson & Simon Johnson and James Kwak

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    13 Bankers
    by Simon Johnson & Simon Johnson and James Kwak

The best books on Inequality, recommended by Daron Acemoglu

The US, the UK and many other countries around the globe have become far less equal over the past 30 years. It’s important we understand how and why this happened, and what it means for our societies, says Daron Acemoglu, a professor of economics at MIT. He recommends the best books to get a better understanding of inequality.

    The best books on The Politics of Policymaking, recommended by Jamila Michener

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    The best books on The Politics of Policymaking - Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making by Deborah Stone

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    Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making
    by Deborah Stone

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    The best books on The Politics of Policymaking - Regulating the Poor: The Public Functions of Welfare by Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward

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    Regulating the Poor: The Public Functions of Welfare
    by Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward

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    The best books on The Politics of Policymaking - The Submerged State: How Invisible Government Policies Undermine American Democracy by Suzanne Mettler

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    The Submerged State: How Invisible Government Policies Undermine American Democracy
    by Suzanne Mettler

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    The best books on The Politics of Policymaking - Remaking America: Democracy and Public Policy in an Age of Inequality by (ed.) Jacob Hacker, Joe Soss & Suzanne Mettler

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    Remaking America: Democracy and Public Policy in an Age of Inequality
    by (ed.) Jacob Hacker, Joe Soss & Suzanne Mettler

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    The best books on The Politics of Policymaking - Arresting Citizenship: The Democratic Consequences Of American Crime Control by Amy E Lerman and Vesla M Weaver

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    Arresting Citizenship: The Democratic Consequences Of American Crime Control
    by Amy E Lerman and Vesla M Weaver

The best books on The Politics of Policymaking, recommended by Jamila Michener

Inequality is coming not just from the economy; it is coming from politics and policy, says Jamila Michener, assistant professor of government at Cornell University. Here she chooses five books that showcase some of the best, most thought-provoking writing on the politics and consequences of policy.

    The best books on Inequality, recommended by Danny Dorling

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    The best books on Inequality - The Challenge of Affluence by Avner Offer

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    The Challenge of Affluence
    by Avner Offer

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    The best books on Inequality - The Selfish Capitalist by Oliver James

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    The Selfish Capitalist
    by Oliver James

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    The best books on Inequality - Super Rich by George Irvin

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    Super Rich
    by George Irvin

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    The best books on Inequality - Stuffed and Starved by Raj Patel

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    Stuffed and Starved
    by Raj Patel

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    The best books on Inequality - The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett

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    The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger
    by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett

The best books on Inequality, recommended by Danny Dorling

‘When it comes to human happiness the inequalities which matter most aren’t financial. They are in terms of health or education. When it really comes down to it, what matters most is that are you well, that you are going to live a long life, that your children are going to live a long life.’

    The best books on Globalisation, recommended by Stephen D King

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    The best books on Globalisation - Power and Plenty by Ronald Findlay and Kevin H O’Rourke

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    Power and Plenty
    by Ronald Findlay and Kevin H O’Rourke

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    The best books on Globalisation - The Wealth and Poverty of Nations by David S Landes

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    The Wealth and Poverty of Nations
    by David S Landes

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    The best books on Globalisation - The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

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    The Wealth of Nations
    by Adam Smith

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    The best books on Globalisation - The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

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    The Grapes of Wrath
    by John Steinbeck

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    The best books on Globalisation - Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century

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    Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century

The best books on Globalisation, recommended by Stephen D King

The Chief Economist at HSBC reflects on the hubris of the Western World and reminds us that history provides valuable lessons on financial crises and the constant changing shape of the world economy

    The best books on Income Inequality, recommended by Timothy Noah

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    The best books on Income Inequality - The Wealth and Income of the People of the United States by Willford Isbell King

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    The Wealth and Income of the People of the United States
    by Willford Isbell King

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    The best books on Income Inequality - The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams

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    The Epic of America
    by James Truslow Adams

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    The best books on Income Inequality - Prosperity by Bob Davis and David Wessel

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    Prosperity
    by Bob Davis and David Wessel

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    The best books on Income Inequality - Fluctuating Fortunes by David Vogel

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    Fluctuating Fortunes
    by David Vogel

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    The best books on Income Inequality - The Race between Education and Technology by Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F Katz

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    The Race between Education and Technology
    by Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F Katz

The best books on Income Inequality, recommended by Timothy Noah

Income inequality has reached a crisis point in America, says journalist Timothy Noah, author of The Great Divergence – yet with powerful nationwide pressure to address the problem, there is also an opportunity for change.

    The best books on Fairness and Inequality, recommended by Will Hutton

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    The best books on Fairness and Inequality - Principles of Social Justice by David Miller

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    Principles of Social Justice
    by David Miller

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    The best books on Fairness and Inequality - The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett

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    The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger
    by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett

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    The best books on Fairness and Inequality - Inequality Reexamined by Amartya Sen

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    Inequality Reexamined
    by Amartya Sen

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    The best books on Fairness and Inequality - Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten The World Economy by Raghuram G Rajan

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    Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten The World Economy
    by Raghuram G Rajan

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    The best books on Fairness and Inequality - Chavs by Owen Jones

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    Chavs
    by Owen Jones

The best books on Fairness and Inequality, recommended by Will Hutton

What is the difference between fairness and equality? In contemporary capitalist societies, some inequality is inevitable and desirable. But the rewards for the few at the top have soared while the rest have been squeezed. Is this fair? We need a new social contract, says the author and columnist

    The best books on Context of the UK Riots, recommended by David Lammy

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    The best books on Context of the UK Riots - Chavs by Owen Jones

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    Chavs
    by Owen Jones

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    The best books on Context of the UK Riots - A New World Order by Caryl Phillips

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    A New World Order
    by Caryl Phillips

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    The best books on Context of the UK Riots - The Bond by Sampson Davis, George Jenkins and Rameck Hunt

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    The Bond
    by Sampson Davis, George Jenkins and Rameck Hunt

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    The best books on Context of the UK Riots - Rights Talk by Mary Ann Glendon

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    Rights Talk
    by Mary Ann Glendon

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    The best books on Context of the UK Riots - No Logo by Naomi Klein

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    No Logo
    by Naomi Klein

The best books on Context of the UK Riots, recommended by David Lammy

We’re richer and freer as a society than we used to be but it’s now clear there are downsides too. The MP for Tottenham, where the riots began, says we’ve created a hyper-individualistic culture and explains how we must change it

    The best books on America’s Undocumented Workers, recommended by Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz

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    The best books on America’s Undocumented Workers - The Mobility of Labor and Capital by Saskia Sassen

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    The Mobility of Labor and Capital
    by Saskia Sassen

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    The best books on America’s Undocumented Workers - For We Are Sold, I and My People by María Patricia Fernández-Kelly

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    For We Are Sold, I and My People
    by María Patricia Fernández-Kelly

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    The best books on America’s Undocumented Workers - Coyotes by Ted Conover

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    Coyotes
    by Ted Conover

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    The best books on America’s Undocumented Workers - Shadowed Lives by Leo R Chavez

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    Shadowed Lives
    by Leo R Chavez

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    The best books on America’s Undocumented Workers - Janitors, Street Vendors, and Activists by Christian Zlolniski

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    Janitors, Street Vendors, and Activists
    by Christian Zlolniski

The best books on America’s Undocumented Workers, recommended by Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz

The anthropologist tells us about books that give voice to low-wage migrant labourers and explains the mutual dependence of slums and “urban glamour zones”

    The best books on Breakthroughs in Development, recommended by Rajiv Shah

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    The best books on Breakthroughs in Development - A Farewell to Alms by Gregory Clark

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    A Farewell to Alms
    by Gregory Clark

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    The best books on Breakthroughs in Development - Millions Saved by Ruth Levine

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    Millions Saved
    by Ruth Levine

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    The best books on Breakthroughs in Development - The Alchemy of Air by Thomas Hager

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    The Alchemy of Air
    by Thomas Hager

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    The best books on Breakthroughs in Development - The Doubly Green Revolution by Gordon Conway

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    The Doubly Green Revolution
    by Gordon Conway

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    The best books on Breakthroughs in Development - Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid by CK Prahalad

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    Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid
    by CK Prahalad

The best books on Breakthroughs in Development, recommended by Rajiv Shah

The head of USAID says ending poverty is within our grasp, and explains why development and a flair for business can be a happy combination

    The best books on Progress, recommended by Matthew Taylor

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    The best books on Progress - The Progressive Dilemma by David Marquand

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    The Progressive Dilemma
    by David Marquand

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    The best books on Progress - Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert

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    Stumbling on Happiness
    by Daniel Gilbert

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    The best books on Progress - The Hidden Wealth of Nations by David Halpern

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    The Hidden Wealth of Nations
    by David Halpern

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    The best books on Progress - Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

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    Oryx and Crake
    by Margaret Atwood

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    The best books on Progress - Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

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    Great Expectations
    by Charles Dickens

The best books on Progress, recommended by Matthew Taylor

What makes the most successful societies tick? The RSA’s Matthew Taylor says we should recognise that relationships and values are more important than scientific or economic advances

    The best books on Economic Inequality Between Nations and Peoples, recommended by Branko Milanovic

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    The best books on Economic Inequality Between Nations and Peoples - Victoires et Déboires (Successes and Failures). Histoire économique du monde du XVIe siècle à nos jours by Paul Bairoch

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    Victoires et Déboires (Successes and Failures). Histoire économique du monde du XVIe siècle à nos jours
    by Paul Bairoch

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    The best books on Economic Inequality Between Nations and Peoples - Contours of the World Economy, 1-2030AD by Angus Maddison

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    Contours of the World Economy, 1-2030AD
    by Angus Maddison

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    The best books on Economic Inequality Between Nations and Peoples - The End of the Past by Aldo Schiavone

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    The End of the Past
    by Aldo Schiavone

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    The best books on Economic Inequality Between Nations and Peoples - Imperialism by J A Hobson

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    Imperialism
    by J A Hobson

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    The best books on Economic Inequality Between Nations and Peoples - The Law of Peoples by John Rawls

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    The Law of Peoples
    by John Rawls

The best books on Economic Inequality Between Nations and Peoples, recommended by Branko Milanovic

World Bank economist and author of The Haves and the Have-Nots: A Short and Idiosyncratic History of Global Inequality discusses global economic inequality and says internal issues of inequality breed aggressive foreign policy

    The best books on Rural Women in the Developing World, recommended by Khushi Kabir

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    The best books on Rural Women in the Developing World - Jhagrapur by Jenneke Arens and Jos Van Beurden

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    Jhagrapur
    by Jenneke Arens and Jos Van Beurden

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    The best books on Rural Women in the Developing World - Reversed Realities by Naila Kabeer

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    Reversed Realities
    by Naila Kabeer

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    The best books on Rural Women in the Developing World - Agunmukhar Meye by Nurjahan Bose

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    Agunmukhar Meye
    by Nurjahan Bose

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    The best books on Rural Women in the Developing World - A Quiet Violence: View from a Bangladesh Village by Betsy Hartmann and James K Boyce

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    A Quiet Violence: View from a Bangladesh Village
    by Betsy Hartmann and James K Boyce

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    The best books on Rural Women in the Developing World - Surja Dighal Bari (The Ominous House)

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    Surja Dighal Bari (The Ominous House)

The best books on Rural Women in the Developing World, recommended by Khushi Kabir

The Bangladeshi campaigner for lifting women out of poverty says village life has been wrongly idealised. It is not a harmonious whole, with the elders looking after the interests of all the villagers alike

    The best books on Hunger, recommended by Roger Thurow

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    The best books on Hunger - The Doubly Green Revolution by Gordon Conway

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    The Doubly Green Revolution
    by Gordon Conway

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    The best books on Hunger - Banker to the Poor by Muhammad Yunus

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    Banker to the Poor
    by Muhammad Yunus

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    The best books on Hunger - Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder

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    Mountains Beyond Mountains
    by Tracy Kidder

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    The best books on Hunger - Changing the Face of Hunger by Tony Hall

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    Changing the Face of Hunger
    by Tony Hall

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    The best books on Hunger - The Bible The New Oxford Annotated Bible

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    The Bible
    The New Oxford Annotated Bible

The best books on Hunger, recommended by Roger Thurow

Millions of people around the world still die of malnourishment each year, and 815 million people go hungry, according to statistics for the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization. And yet, there is hope. Roger Thurow, Senior Fellow for Global Food and Agriculture at the Chicago Council and author of Enough: Why the World’s Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty, recommends books with inspiring examples of what individuals and organizations have done to try and reduce sickness and hunger around the world.

    The best books on Children and the Millennium Development Goals, recommended by Richard Jolly

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    The best books on Children and the Millennium Development Goals - UNICEF’s 2010 State of the World’s Children Report, Celebrating 20 Years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by UNICEF

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    UNICEF’s 2010 State of the World’s Children Report, Celebrating 20 Years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
    by UNICEF

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    The best books on Children and the Millennium Development Goals - UNDP, The Human Development Report 2003 by UNDP

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    UNDP, The Human Development Report 2003
    by UNDP

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    The best books on Children and the Millennium Development Goals - The No-Nonsense Guide to the United Nations by Maggie Black

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    The No-Nonsense Guide to the United Nations
    by Maggie Black

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    The best books on Children and the Millennium Development Goals - Just Give Money to the Poor by Joseph Hanlon, Armando Barrientos and David Hulme

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    Just Give Money to the Poor
    by Joseph Hanlon, Armando Barrientos and David Hulme

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    The best books on Children and the Millennium Development Goals - The Idea of Justice by Amartya Sen

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    The Idea of Justice
    by Amartya Sen

The best books on Children and the Millennium Development Goals, recommended by Richard Jolly

The UN veteran chooses books on the fate of children in the developing world and the Millennium Goals and says giving money to the poor works

    The best books on Saving the World, recommended by Nicholas Kristof

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    The best books on Saving the World - The Bottom Billion by Paul Collier

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    The Bottom Billion
    by Paul Collier

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    The best books on Saving the World - How to Change the World by David Bornstein

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    How to Change the World
    by David Bornstein

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    The best books on Saving the World - The Blue Sweater by Jacqueline Novogratz

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    The Blue Sweater
    by Jacqueline Novogratz

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    The best books on Saving the World - Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson

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    Three Cups of Tea
    by Greg Mortenson

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    The best books on Saving the World - Philanthrocapitalism by Matthew Bishop and Michael Green

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    Philanthrocapitalism
    by Matthew Bishop and Michael Green

The best books on Saving the World, recommended by Nicholas Kristof

“I was looking for books that offer good, practical ideas on how to make the world a better place.” Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist, Nicholas Kristof, recommends books to read if you’d like to save the world.

    The best books on The Millennium Development Goals , recommended by Jeffrey D Sachs

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    The best books on The Millennium Development Goals  - Ethics for the New Millennium by Dalai Lama

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    Ethics for the New Millennium
    by Dalai Lama

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    The best books on The Millennium Development Goals  - We the Peoples by Kofi Annan

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    We the Peoples
    by Kofi Annan

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    The best books on The Millennium Development Goals  - Manifesto by Hans Küng

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    Manifesto
    by Hans Küng

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    The best books on The Millennium Development Goals  - American University Peace Speech by John F Kennedy

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    American University Peace Speech
    by John F Kennedy

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    The best books on The Millennium Development Goals  - The End of Poverty by Jeffrey D Sachs

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    The End of Poverty
    by Jeffrey D Sachs

The best books on The Millennium Development Goals , recommended by Jeffrey D Sachs

The prominent international economic adviser, Jeff Sachs, says we can reduce poverty by devoting just a modest fraction of our vast wealth to the effort.

    The best books on A World Without Poverty, recommended by Muhammad Yunus

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    The best books on A World Without Poverty - Creating a World Without Poverty by Muhammad Yunus

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    Creating a World Without Poverty
    by Muhammad Yunus

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    The best books on A World Without Poverty - Banker to the Poor by Muhammad Yunus

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    Banker to the Poor
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    The best books on A World Without Poverty - Germinal by Emile Zola

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    Germinal
    by Emile Zola

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    The best books on A World Without Poverty - A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

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    A Tale of Two Cities
    by Charles Dickens

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    The best books on A World Without Poverty - An Anthology by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore

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    An Anthology by Rabindranath Tagore
    by Rabindranath Tagore

The best books on A World Without Poverty, recommended by Muhammad Yunus

The 2006 Nobel Peace Prize-winner talks about his creation of micro-credit and walks us through his five books on poverty and how to eradicate it – includes Zola’s Germinal and Dickens’ A Tale Of Two Cities

    The best books on The Poor and Their Money, recommended by Stuart Rutherford

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    The best books on The Poor and Their Money - The Economics of Microfinance by Beatriz Armendáriz and Jonathan Morduch

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    The Economics of Microfinance
    by Beatriz Armendáriz and Jonathan Morduch

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    The best books on The Poor and Their Money - Mainstreaming Microfinance by Elisabeth Rhyne

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    Mainstreaming Microfinance
    by Elisabeth Rhyne

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    The best books on The Poor and Their Money - Women at the Centre by Helen Todd

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    Women at the Centre
    by Helen Todd

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    The best books on The Poor and Their Money - A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

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    A Fine Balance
    by Rohinton Mistry

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    The best books on The Poor and Their Money - Small, Short and Unsecured by F J A (Fritz) Bouman

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    Small, Short and Unsecured
    by F J A (Fritz) Bouman

The best books on The Poor and Their Money, recommended by Stuart Rutherford

Modern microfinance was born in the late 1970s, and is now viewed as a key way of helping people in poor countries get out of poverty. Author and practitioner Stuart Rutherford recommends the best books to get a basic understanding of microfinance.

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