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Poverty teaches a lesson that keeps you poor: your effort doesn't matter.

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door J.D. Vance 2016 274 pagina's

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If geography explained wealth, North and South Korea would be the same country.

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Trillions in aid made Africa poorer. The remedy: trade, markets, and a hard deadline.

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From the Ashes

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I Will Always Write Back

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A 12-year-old picked Zimbabwe off a list. The letter she sent changed two worlds.

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Poverty is not one problem but many small ones. Randomized trials reveal which fixes actually work.

door Abhijit V. Banerjee 2011 320 pagina's

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The Bottom Billion

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The Bottom Billion

Four traps keep a billion people poor, and the usual remedies only tighten them.

door Paul Collier 2007 224 pagina's

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The Glass Castle

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She was three when her dress burst into flames. Her parents called it an adventure.

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She was three when her dress burst into flames. Her parents called it an adventure.

door Jeannette Walls 2005 288 pagina's

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The Price of Inequality

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Inequality isn't a market accident. The 1% rewrote the rules, and democracy is the casualty.

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Inequality isn't a market accident. The 1% rewrote the rules, and democracy is the casualty.

door Joseph E. Stiglitz 2012 414 pagina's

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De ellendigen

door Victor Hugo • 1862

An ex-convict breaks parole to rebuild his life, but an obsessive inspector gives him no peace.

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An ex-convict breaks parole to rebuild his life, but an obsessive inspector gives him no peace.

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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

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door William Kamkwamba 2009 304 pagina's

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My Sweet Orange Tree

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A Brazilian boy talks to an orange tree until an old man teaches him what love is.

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My Sweet Orange Tree

A Brazilian boy talks to an orange tree until an old man teaches him what love is.

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Invisible Child

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Born homeless in Brooklyn, Dasani gets one shot: a boarding school that accepts one in ten.

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Born homeless in Brooklyn, Dasani gets one shot: a boarding school that accepts one in ten.

door Andrea Elliott 2021 640 pagina's

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Enrique's Journey

door Sonia Nazario • 2005

A boy crosses Mexico atop freight trains, chasing the mother who left when he was five.

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Enrique's Journey

A boy crosses Mexico atop freight trains, chasing the mother who left when he was five.

door Sonia Nazario 2005 294 pagina's

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Reading with Patrick

door Michelle Kuo • 2017

Her student was in jail for murder. She returned to the Delta with books.

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Reading with Patrick

Her student was in jail for murder. She returned to the Delta with books.

door Michelle Kuo 2017 296 pagina's

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How to Kill a City

door Peter Moskowitz • 2017

Four cities, one playbook: policy and profit, not hipsters, push out the poor and replace them.

4.07

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How to Kill a City

Four cities, one playbook: policy and profit, not hipsters, push out the poor and replace them.

door Peter Moskowitz 2017 272 pagina's

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No Fixed Address

door Susin Nielsen • 2018

A twelve-year-old trivia whiz hides his homelessness, but a game show could unravel his secret.

4.22

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A twelve-year-old trivia whiz hides his homelessness, but a game show could unravel his secret.

door Susin Nielsen 2018 288 pagina's

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Undisputed Truth

door Mike Tyson • 2013

A bullied kid from Brooklyn becomes the youngest heavyweight champion, then watches it all burn.

4.17

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Undisputed Truth

A bullied kid from Brooklyn becomes the youngest heavyweight champion, then watches it all burn.

door Mike Tyson 2013 592 pagina's

4.17

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Life at the Bottom

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Poverty didn't wreck the underclass. A set of ideas did—and intellectuals handed them down.

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Life at the Bottom

Poverty didn't wreck the underclass. A set of ideas did—and intellectuals handed them down.

door Theodore Dalrymple 2001 284 pagina's

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Maid

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A single mother cleans houses while barely holding onto her own: life inside the working poor.

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A single mother cleans houses while barely holding onto her own: life inside the working poor.

door Stephanie Land 2019 270 pagina's

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Gang Leader for a Day

door Sudhir Venkatesh • 2008

A sociologist ran a Chicago gang for a day. The books were cleaner than he expected.

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Gang Leader for a Day

A sociologist ran a Chicago gang for a day. The books were cleaner than he expected.

door Sudhir Venkatesh 2008 332 pagina's

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Demon Copperhead

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Born to an addict mother, Demon navigates Appalachian foster care and the opioid epidemic.

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door Barbara Kingsolver 2022 560 pagina's

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Bitita's Diary

door Carolina Maria de Jesus • 1960

Seven years old, Black, and poor in rural Brazil: learning to read became her revenge.

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Bitita's Diary

Seven years old, Black, and poor in rural Brazil: learning to read became her revenge.

door Carolina Maria de Jesus 1960 180 pagina's

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Shuggie Bain

door Douglas Stuart • 2020

For young Shuggie Bain, saving his glamorous, alcoholic mother is the only life he knows.

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For young Shuggie Bain, saving his glamorous, alcoholic mother is the only life he knows.

door Douglas Stuart 2020 430 pagina's

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American Made

door Farah Stockman • 2021

Three factory workers lost their jobs to Mexico. What they lost next surprised everyone but them.

4.31

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American Made

Three factory workers lost their jobs to Mexico. What they lost next surprised everyone but them.

door Farah Stockman 2021 432 pagina's

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Tattoos on the Heart

door Gregory Boyle • 2009

Gang programs fail because they're conditional. One LA priest bet on love that refuses to quit.

4.49

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Tattoos on the Heart

Gang programs fail because they're conditional. One LA priest bet on love that refuses to quit.

door Gregory Boyle 2009 240 pagina's

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Profit and Punishment

door Tony Messenger • 2021

When courts depend on fines to stay open, the poor become the revenue.

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Profit and Punishment

When courts depend on fines to stay open, the poor become the revenue.

door Tony Messenger 2021 260 pagina's

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Angela's Ashes

door Frank McCourt • 1996

Three dead siblings, a father who drinks the dole, and one boy's plan to reach America.

4.15

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Angela's Ashes

Three dead siblings, a father who drinks the dole, and one boy's plan to reach America.

door Frank McCourt 1996 452 pagina's

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Poverty Safari

door Darren McGarvey • 2017

Poverty isn't just broke. It's trauma, addiction, and a mind that fights its own rescue.

4.01

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Poverty Safari

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door Darren McGarvey 2017 257 pagina's

4.01

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The Mystery Of Capital

door Hernando de Soto • 2000

$9.3 trillion: what the world's poor already own and cannot borrow a dime against.

3.99

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The Mystery Of Capital

$9.3 trillion: what the world's poor already own and cannot borrow a dime against.

door Hernando de Soto 2000 276 pagina's

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Money Hungry

door Sharon G. Flake • 2001

Raspberry's money obsession is a wall she builds against the homelessness she barely escaped.

4.10

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Money Hungry

Raspberry's money obsession is a wall she builds against the homelessness she barely escaped.

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The New Urban Crisis

door Richard Florida • 2017

Why urban revival is driving inequality and pushing out the middle class.

3.49

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The New Urban Crisis

Why urban revival is driving inequality and pushing out the middle class.

door Richard Florida 2017 336 pagina's

3.49

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No and Me

door Delphine de Vigan • 2007

A thirteen-year-old prodigy, too anxious to speak, meets a homeless girl and finds her voice.

3.72

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No and Me

A thirteen-year-old prodigy, too anxious to speak, meets a homeless girl and finds her voice.

door Delphine de Vigan 2007 256 pagina's

3.72

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An Invisible Thread

door Laura Schroff • 2010

A New York executive buys a hungry boy lunch; the Monday ritual reshapes both their lives.

4.07

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An Invisible Thread

A New York executive buys a hungry boy lunch; the Monday ritual reshapes both their lives.

door Laura Schroff 2010 260 pagina's

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Outcasts United

door Warren St. John • 2009

War refugees, a parking lot soccer team, one coach, and the Georgia town forced to change.

3.84

8.000+

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Outcasts United

War refugees, a parking lot soccer team, one coach, and the Georgia town forced to change.

door Warren St. John 2009 240 pagina's

3.84

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The Trouble with Diversity

door Walter Benn Michaels • 2006

The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.

3.59

500+

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The Trouble with Diversity

The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.

door Walter Benn Michaels 2006 256 pagina's

3.59

500+ beoordelingen

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Hillbilly Elegy

door J.D. Vance • 2016

Escaping Appalachia wasn't about money; it was about cracking a hidden code.

3.83

500.000+

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Hillbilly Elegy

Escaping Appalachia wasn't about money; it was about cracking a hidden code.

door J.D. Vance 2016 264 pagina's

3.83

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Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised

door Carmelo Anthony • 2021

Grief unnamed, a mother's open door, a blacktop sanctuary: surviving the projects before the NBA.

4.07

1.000+

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Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised

Grief unnamed, a mother's open door, a blacktop sanctuary: surviving the projects before the NBA.

door Carmelo Anthony 2021 208 pagina's

4.07

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Best Things First

door Bjørn Lomborg • 2023

Saving 4.2 million lives yearly costs $35 billion, if you fund only the most effective policies.

3.90

388

Economie

Politiek

Sociologie

Best Things First

Saving 4.2 million lives yearly costs $35 billion, if you fund only the most effective policies.

door Bjørn Lomborg 2023 314 pagina's

3.90

388 beoordelingen

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Sociologie

The White Man's Burden

door William Easterly • 2006

$2.3 trillion in aid left the poorest no better off. A World Bank insider explains why.

3.83

5.000+

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Politiek

Geschiedenis

The White Man's Burden

$2.3 trillion in aid left the poorest no better off. A World Bank insider explains why.

door William Easterly 2006 443 pagina's

3.83

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Wait Until Spring, Bandini

door John Fante • 1938

Starving in a Colorado shack, an Italian bricklayer abandons his family for a widow's bed.

4.10

14.000+

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Wait Until Spring, Bandini

Starving in a Colorado shack, an Italian bricklayer abandons his family for a widow's bed.

door John Fante 1938 266 pagina's

4.10

14.000+ beoordelingen

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Romans

Same Kind of Different as Me

door Ron Hall • 2006

An art dealer, a homeless man, and the woman who bound them together. Then cancer came.

4.20

92.000+

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Christelijk

Inspirerend

Same Kind of Different as Me

An art dealer, a homeless man, and the woman who bound them together. Then cancer came.

door Ron Hall 2006 237 pagina's

4.20

92.000+ beoordelingen

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The Sound of Gravel

door Ruth Wariner • 2016

A polygamist prophet's thirty-ninth child: poverty, abuse, her father's murder, and the long escape.

4.31

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The Sound of Gravel

A polygamist prophet's thirty-ninth child: poverty, abuse, her father's murder, and the long escape.

door Ruth Wariner 2016 336 pagina's

4.31

67.000+ beoordelingen

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Fist Stick Knife Gun

door Geoffrey Canada • 1995

Respect was won with fists on Union Avenue. Then guns came and rewrote the rules for everyone.

4.03

3.000+

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Fist Stick Knife Gun

Respect was won with fists on Union Avenue. Then guns came and rewrote the rules for everyone.

door Geoffrey Canada 1995 179 pagina's

4.03

3.000+ beoordelingen

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Ras

This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health

door Nathan Filer • 2019

A nurse turned journalist traces psychosis to its real roots: poverty, trauma, and racism.

4.28

2.000+

Psychologie

Geestelijke gezondheid

Wetenschap

This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health

A nurse turned journalist traces psychosis to its real roots: poverty, trauma, and racism.

door Nathan Filer 2019

4.28

2.000+ beoordelingen

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