Book Recommendations

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How Change Happens (2016) by Duncan Green.

Out of Poverty, What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail (2008) by Paul Polak.

The End of Poverty, Economic Possibilities for Our Time (2005) by Jeffrey D. Sachs.

The New Jim Crow (2010) by Michelle Alexander. 

Slavery by Another Name (2008) by Douglas A. Blackmon. 

The Color of Money, Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap (2017) by Mehrsa Baradaran. 

The Color of Law (2017) by Richard Rothstein. 

Bridges out of Poverty: Strategies for Professionals and Communities (2001) by Ruby K. Payne, PHD, Philip E. DeVol, Terie Dreussi Smith. 

The Mole People, Life In The Tunnels Beneath New York City (1993) by Jennifer Toth.  

The Working Poor: Invisible in America (2004) by David K. Shipler

So Rich, So Poor, Why It’s So Hard to End Poverty in America (2012) by Peter Edelman.

[Book] Broke, USA: From Pawnshops To Poverty, Inc.- How The Working Poor Became Big Business (2010) by Gary Rivlin. 

Real Self Care (2023) by Poona Lakshmin MD.

Becoming a Professional Life Coach: Lessons from the Institute of Life Coach Training (2007) by Dianne S. Melendez and Patrick Williams. 

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (2006) by Carol Dweck Ph.D

The Definitive Book of Body Language (2004) By Alan and Barbara Pease.

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance (2016) by Angela Duckworth

Nasty People  (revised edition): How to STOP BEING HURT (1989) by them without stooping to their levelby Jay Carter, Psy.D.

The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter and how to make the most of them now (2012) by Meg Jay PhD. 

Man’s Search For Meaning (1946) by Victor E. Frankl

[Audio Lecture Series] Why You Are Who You Are By Mark Leary, The Grea

[Audio Lecture Series] Understanding the Mysteries of Human Behavior by Mark Leary, The Great Courses. 

How Emotions are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain (2017) by Lisa Feldman Barrett.

The Power of Neurodiversity (2021by Thomas Armstrong PhD.

Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence (2021) by Anna Lembke MD.

The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters (2017) by Tom Nichols…

Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning. (2014) Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III Mark A. McDaniel.

Reality is Broken, Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change The World (2010) by Jane McGonigal.

Everybody Lies (2017) By Stephens-Davidowitz. 

The Story of Civilization: Our Oriental Heritage by Will Durant. Chapter II: The Economic Elements of Civilization.  

Banker to the Poor: Micro Lending And The Battle Against Poverty (1998) by Muhammad Yunus. 

Creating a World without Poverty: Social Business And The Future Of Capitalism (1998) by Muhammad Yunus

Building Social Business: The New Kind Of Capitalism That Serves Humanities Most Pressing Needs (2008) by Muhammad Yunus. 

 A World of Three Zeroes: The new Economics of Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment, and Zero Net Carbon Emissions (2017) by Muhammad Yunus.

Thinking, Fast and Slow (2011) By Daniel Kahneman.

Freakonomics, A Rogue Economist Explores The Hidden Side of Everything (2005) by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. 

The Armchair Economics (2012, 1993) by Steven Landsburg.

Poor Economics, A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty (2011) by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo.

Good Economics for Hard Times (2019) by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo.

The Growth Delusion: Wealth, Poverty and the Well-Being of Nations (2018) by David Pilling.