Social innovations that improve the living standards of the poor
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.
Two recent books explore the modern prominence of the global financial-inclusion agenda and argue about how it got there.
Urbanist Nicholas Lalla offers a playbook for tech-led economic development in midsize cities, avowing that inclusive growth can offset the worsening wealth inequities that the tech sector has helped generate.
Authors Michael Lenox and Rebecca Duff call for disruptive innovations and radical reconfiguration of industries to decarbonize the planet by 2050.
A new book on Chinese entrepreneurs breaks through stereotypes and offers a more comprehensive view of innovation in China.
Sriya Iyer reveals how faith has driven India’s increasingly powerful economy.
The authors of Equality for Women = Prosperity for All expose the economic wastefulness of gender inequity.
In Fair Shot, Facebook cofounder Chris Hughes makes the case for universal basic income.
Practitioners and funders in global development need less idealism and more pragmatism, Adam D. Kiš argues in The Development Trap.
The refugee crisis demands bold responses that treat migrants not as drains on host societies but rather as assets to them.
