Book Reviews
Tech Is Not the (Only) Answer
Digital tools are a necessary but not sufficient component of any long-term social change effort.
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Global Issues - Book Reviews
Innovations that address global challenges such as education, environment, and health
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Technology & Design
Danger Ahead
The spread of technology-based platforms brings greater connectivity—but also greater vulnerability.
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Economic Development
Stolen Future
The conditions faced by young people in the United States highlight the impact of growing inequality.
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Technology & Design
Always on Call
A new, data-driven mode of confronting humanitarian disaster requires an appropriate policy framework.
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Civil Society
A New Vision for Elder Care
Can the emergence of a “Caring Majority” help meet the needs of an aging US population?
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Economic Development
Past Isn’t Always Prologue
For policy makers today, earlier efforts to promote local community organizing yield relatively few lessons.
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Economic Development
A More Perfect Union?
New ideas on how to empower US workers involve breaking free of current labor law.
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Technology & Design
Misdiagnosing Science
A survey of obstacles to innovation focuses erroneously on the supposed caution of university-based scientists.
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Environment
A Climate of Mind
People tend to avoid reckoning with climate science—for reasons that have little to do with science.
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Health
Design or Disrupt?
The Mayo Clinic achieves patient care improvements through innovation that is incremental rather than disruptive.