In The Common Good Economy, Mariana Mazzucato is clear-eyed on where we need to go, but the next step is understanding the power structures that prevent us from getting there.
An excerpt from Reform as Process on reforming government bureaucracy
John Washington’s How to Close a Camp explores the contemporary growth of immigrant detainment facilities under the Trump administration but argues that entrenched political failures are what makes them possible and what must be addressed.
An excerpt from Global by Design on how misguided innovation can cause more harm than not getting involved
An excerpt from The Nonprofit Paradox by Nehal Gandhi
In Paul Almeida's Climate Change and Civic Engagement, the only pathway forward is broad worker-based civic alliances that go beyond narrow elite-driven technological decarbonization.
An excerpt from Wired for Peace by Dr. Jeremy Pollack
Two recent books explore the modern prominence of the global financial-inclusion agenda and argue about how it got there.
An excerpt from A Better Way to Fundraise on making major giving the operating system for fundraising
An excerpt from Beyond Belief on building the evidence revolution in Washington
