🏘️ Affordable Housing

Books tackling one of modern life's most pressing struggles — the fight for safe, dignified shelter in an era of skyrocketing rents and shrinking options.

Homelessness Is a Housing Problem

by Gregg Colburn • 2022

Homelessness rates don't track mental illness or poverty. They track rent and vacancy rates.

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� Housing Policy 🏙️ Urban Economics 🏡 Housing First

Homelessness Is a Housing Problem Summary

Homelessness Is a Housing Problem 92%

Homelessness rates don't track mental illness or poverty. They track rent and vacancy rates.

by Gregg Colburn 2022

4.21

1k+ ratings

� Housing Policy 🏙️ Urban Economics 🏡 Housing First

Gaffs

by Rory Hearne • 2022

Why Ireland's housing crisis is not a market failure but a government strategy to enrich investors.

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🏚️ Housing Crisis 🇮🇪 Irish Housing 📜 Housing Policy

Gaffs 91%

Why Ireland's housing crisis is not a market failure but a government strategy to enrich investors.

by Rory Hearne 2022

3.52

171 ratings

🏚️ Housing Crisis 🇮🇪 Irish Housing 📜 Housing Policy

All That Is Solid

by Danny Dorling • 2014

Britain has a third more bedrooms than people. The housing disaster is engineered, not inevitable.

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144

🏘️ Housing Policy 💰 Wealth Inequality 📈 Financialization

All That Is Solid 90%

Britain has a third more bedrooms than people. The housing disaster is engineered, not inevitable.

by Danny Dorling 2014

3.55

144 ratings

🏘️ Housing Policy 💰 Wealth Inequality 📈 Financialization

Escaping the Housing Trap

by Charles L. Marohn Jr. • 2024

Housing can't be both affordable shelter and a good investment. That conflict is the trap.

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503

🏙️ Urban Planning 🏠 Housing Policy 📜 Zoning Reform

Escaping the Housing Trap 90%

Housing can't be both affordable shelter and a good investment. That conflict is the trap.

by Charles L. Marohn Jr. 2024

4.37

503 ratings

🏙️ Urban Planning 🏠 Housing Policy 📜 Zoning Reform

Nowhere to Live

by James S. Burling • 2024

Why can't Americans afford homes? A century of rules made building them illegal.

4.00

🏠 Housing Policy 🏛️ Property Rights 🏗️ Zoning Reform

Nowhere to Live 89%

Why can't Americans afford homes? A century of rules made building them illegal.

by James S. Burling 2024

4.00

12 ratings

🏠 Housing Policy 🏛️ Property Rights 🏗️ Zoning Reform

Municipal Dreams

by John Boughton • 2018

Britain built some of the world's best public housing, then spent 40 years dismantling it.

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🏠 Social Housing 🏙️ Urban History 📋 Housing Policy

Municipal Dreams 89%

Britain built some of the world's best public housing, then spent 40 years dismantling it.

by John Boughton 2018

3.92

769 ratings

🏠 Social Housing 🏙️ Urban History 📋 Housing Policy

Evicted

by Matthew Desmond • 2016

Poverty isn't the cause of eviction. Eviction is the cause of poverty, and the market profits.

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🏙️ Urban Poverty 🏚️ Housing Insecurity ✊ Racial Inequality

Evicted 88%

Poverty isn't the cause of eviction. Eviction is the cause of poverty, and the market profits.

by Matthew Desmond 2016

4.47

115k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Poverty 🏚️ Housing Insecurity ✊ Racial Inequality

Capital City

by Samuel Stein • 2019

Gentrification is not a market outcome. It is policy, written by the real estate industry.

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2k+

🏙️ Urban Political Economy 🏗️ Gentrification Studies 🚚 Urban Displacement

Capital City 88%

Gentrification is not a market outcome. It is policy, written by the real estate industry.

by Samuel Stein 2019

3.92

2k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Political Economy 🏗️ Gentrification Studies 🚚 Urban Displacement

Boom Bust

by Fred Harrison • 1999

Land speculation drives the 18-year boom-bust cycle. The next crash already builds.

3.95

🏠 Land Economics 🫧 Housing Bubbles 📉 Boom-Bust Cycles

Boom Bust 88%

Land speculation drives the 18-year boom-bust cycle. The next crash already builds.

by Fred Harrison 1999

3.95

38 ratings

🏠 Land Economics 🫧 Housing Bubbles 📉 Boom-Bust Cycles

The New Urban Crisis

by Richard Florida • 2017

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

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🏙️ Urban Inequality 🏘️ Gentrification 📊 Economic Segregation

The New Urban Crisis 88%

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

by Richard Florida 2017

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1k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Inequality 🏘️ Gentrification 📊 Economic Segregation

How to Kill a City

by Peter Moskowitz • 2017

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

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🏗️ Gentrification 🏠 Housing Policy 🧱 Racial Capitalism

How to Kill a City 88%

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

by Peter Moskowitz 2017

4.07

4k+ ratings

🏗️ Gentrification 🏠 Housing Policy 🧱 Racial Capitalism

American Apartheid

by Douglas S. Massey • 1993

The ghetto was engineered. Segregation, not class or culture, makes black poverty permanent.

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🏠 Housing Discrimination 🏚️ Urban Poverty ⚖️ Structural Racism

American Apartheid 88%

The ghetto was engineered. Segregation, not class or culture, makes black poverty permanent.

by Douglas S. Massey 1993

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2k+ ratings

🏠 Housing Discrimination 🏚️ Urban Poverty ⚖️ Structural Racism

The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner

by David Bach • 2005

The biweekly mortgage trick that saves $100,000, plus the low-down-payment plan to buy now.

3.79

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🏠 Homeownership 📈 Real Estate Investing 🔑 First-Time Home Buyers

The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner Summary

The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner 88%

The biweekly mortgage trick that saves $100,000, plus the low-down-payment plan to buy now.

by David Bach 2005

3.79

2k+ ratings

🏠 Homeownership 📈 Real Estate Investing 🔑 First-Time Home Buyers

Poverty, by America

by Matthew Desmond • 2023

Poverty in America persists by design, fueled by exploitation and welfare that flows to the top.

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🏚️ Housing Exploitation 🛠️ Labor Exploitation 💰 Affluent Welfare

Poverty, by America 87%

Poverty in America persists by design, fueled by exploitation and welfare that flows to the top.

by Matthew Desmond 2023

4.27

64k+ ratings

🏚️ Housing Exploitation 🛠️ Labor Exploitation 💰 Affluent Welfare

Rough Sleepers

by Tracy Kidder • 2023

The homeless die ten times faster. A Boston doctor found that trust is the only cure.

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🏥 Homeless Healthcare 🧱 Structural Inequality 🏙️ Urban Poverty

Rough Sleepers 87%

The homeless die ten times faster. A Boston doctor found that trust is the only cure.

by Tracy Kidder 2023

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11k+ ratings

🏥 Homeless Healthcare 🧱 Structural Inequality 🏙️ Urban Poverty

Zoned in the USA

by Sonia A. Hirt • 2014

The detached home with its own yard is globally rare. American zoning manufactured it at scale.

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136

🏛️ Zoning Law 🏙️ Urban Planning 🌍 Comparative Urbanism

Zoned in the USA 87%

The detached home with its own yard is globally rare. American zoning manufactured it at scale.

by Sonia A. Hirt 2014

4.01

136 ratings

🏛️ Zoning Law 🏙️ Urban Planning 🌍 Comparative Urbanism

Maid

by Stephanie Land • 2019

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

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💰 Working Poor 🧹 Domestic Labor 🌫️ Invisible Labor

Maid 87%

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

by Stephanie Land 2019

3.86

114k+ ratings

💰 Working Poor 🧹 Domestic Labor 🌫️ Invisible Labor

San Fransicko

by Michael Shellenberger • 2021

Progressive compassion for the homeless and addicted is making both groups larger and sicker.

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🏙️ Urban Policy 🏚️ Homelessness 💊 Drug Policy

San Fransicko 87%

Progressive compassion for the homeless and addicted is making both groups larger and sicker.

by Michael Shellenberger 2021

4.01

4k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Policy 🏚️ Homelessness 💊 Drug Policy

A Gift of Hope

by Danielle Steel • 2012

She gave teddy bears to homeless men. The toughest cried, and her grief began to heal.

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🏠 Homelessness 🚐 Street Outreach 🧸 Dignity Restoration

A Gift of Hope 87%

She gave teddy bears to homeless men. The toughest cried, and her grief began to heal.

by Danielle Steel 2012

3.98

3k+ ratings

🏠 Homelessness 🚐 Street Outreach 🧸 Dignity Restoration

Where We Stand

by bell hooks • 2000

Feminism and antiracism won't succeed until they confront the thing they most ignore: class.

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🤝 Intersectional Feminism 🏛️ Class Analysis ✊🏾 Black Feminism

Where We Stand 87%

Feminism and antiracism won't succeed until they confront the thing they most ignore: class.

by bell hooks 2000

4.24

3k+ ratings

🤝 Intersectional Feminism 🏛️ Class Analysis ✊🏾 Black Feminism

Gang Leader for a Day

by Sudhir Venkatesh • 2008

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

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🏙️ Urban Poverty 📝 Ethnographic Fieldwork 💰 Underground Economy

Gang Leader for a Day 87%

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

by Sudhir Venkatesh 2008

4.07

26k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Poverty 📝 Ethnographic Fieldwork 💰 Underground Economy

Invisible Child

by Andrea Elliott • 2021

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

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🏙️ Urban Poverty 🛡️ Child Welfare 🔁 Intergenerational Poverty

Invisible Child 87%

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

by Andrea Elliott 2021

4.70

20k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Poverty 🛡️ Child Welfare 🔁 Intergenerational Poverty

The Just City

by Susan S. Fainstein • 2010

Stop asking if a city is growing. Start asking who it's growing for.

3.75

174

🏙️ Urban Policy 📐 Planning Theory ⚖️ Distributive Justice

The Just City 87%

Stop asking if a city is growing. Start asking who it's growing for.

by Susan S. Fainstein 2010

3.75

174 ratings

🏙️ Urban Policy 📐 Planning Theory ⚖️ Distributive Justice

Our Lives in Their Portfolios

by Brett Christophers • 2023

The invisible firms that bought your apartment, your toll road, and your power grid.

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303

🔑 Rentier Capitalism 📊 Financialization 🏦 Institutional Investment

Our Lives in Their Portfolios 87%

The invisible firms that bought your apartment, your toll road, and your power grid.

by Brett Christophers 2023

4.00

303 ratings

🔑 Rentier Capitalism 📊 Financialization 🏦 Institutional Investment

100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask

by Ilyce R. Glink • 2005

The hundred questions that prevent expensive mistakes, from open house to closing table.

3.86

546

🏠 Home Buying 🔑 First-Time Buyers 🏦 Mortgage Guides

100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask Summary

100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask 87%

The hundred questions that prevent expensive mistakes, from open house to closing table.

by Ilyce R. Glink 2005

3.86

546 ratings

🏠 Home Buying 🔑 First-Time Buyers 🏦 Mortgage Guides

The Lost and the Found

by Kevin Fagan • 2025

A reporter followed two unhoused people in San Francisco. One got out. The other didn't. Here's why.

4.27

912

🏠 Chronic Homelessness 🏙️ Urban Poverty 💉 Addiction And Recovery

The Lost and the Found 87%

A reporter followed two unhoused people in San Francisco. One got out. The other didn't. Here's why.

by Kevin Fagan 2025

4.27

912 ratings

🏠 Chronic Homelessness 🏙️ Urban Poverty 💉 Addiction And Recovery

The Color of Law

by Richard Rothstein • 2017

Federal policy, not private prejudice, segregated America. The proof is in the mortgage manuals.

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🏘️ Residential Segregation 🔴 Redlining 🏛️ Housing Policy

The Color of Law 87%

Federal policy, not private prejudice, segregated America. The proof is in the mortgage manuals.

by Richard Rothstein 2017

4.44

47k+ ratings

🏘️ Residential Segregation 🔴 Redlining 🏛️ Housing Policy

A Pelican Introduction

by Mike Savage • 2015

Three hidden currencies now define British class, and only one appears on a payslip.

4.06

546

🏛️ Class Analysis 🇬🇧 British Society 🎭 Cultural Capital

A Pelican Introduction 87%

Three hidden currencies now define British class, and only one appears on a payslip.

by Mike Savage 2015

4.06

546 ratings

🏛️ Class Analysis 🇬🇧 British Society 🎭 Cultural Capital

Fragmented Democracy

by Jamila Michener • 2018

Your zip code decides your Medicaid benefits. It also decides whether you bother with politics.

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🏛️ American Federalism 🏥 Health Policy ⚖️ Political Inequality

Fragmented Democracy 87%

Your zip code decides your Medicaid benefits. It also decides whether you bother with politics.

by Jamila Michener 2018

4.23

120 ratings

🏛️ American Federalism 🏥 Health Policy ⚖️ Political Inequality

Radical Cities

by Justin McGuirk • 2014

The slums and squatter towers of Latin America are the world's most daring urban experiments.

4.27

434

🏚️ Informal Settlements ✊ Activist Architecture 🌎 Latin American Cities

Radical Cities 87%

The slums and squatter towers of Latin America are the world's most daring urban experiments.

by Justin McGuirk 2014

4.27

434 ratings

🏚️ Informal Settlements ✊ Activist Architecture 🌎 Latin American Cities

Why Nothing Works

by Marc J. Dunkelman • 2025

Progressivism has two souls: one builds, one stops. The stopper won, so nothing gets built.

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🇺🇸 American Progressivism 🔒 Bureaucratic Gridlock 🏘️ Housing Crisis

Why Nothing Works 87%

Progressivism has two souls: one builds, one stops. The stopper won, so nothing gets built.

by Marc J. Dunkelman 2025

3.79

1k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Progressivism 🔒 Bureaucratic Gridlock 🏘️ Housing Crisis

Palaces for the People

by Eric Klinenberg • 2018

Stronger than seawalls: the shared spaces that hold communities together when everything breaks.

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🏙️ Public Space 🧱 Placemaking 🤝 Social Capital

Palaces for the People 87%

Stronger than seawalls: the shared spaces that hold communities together when everything breaks.

by Eric Klinenberg 2018

3.97

5k+ ratings

🏙️ Public Space 🧱 Placemaking 🤝 Social Capital

Shattered Nation

by Danny Dorling • 2023

Beneath every British crisis lies a map of inequality decades in the making.

3.97

119

🗺️ Regional Inequality 📉 Austerity Politics 🏚️ Welfare State Erosion

Shattered Nation 87%

Beneath every British crisis lies a map of inequality decades in the making.

by Danny Dorling 2023

3.97

119 ratings

🗺️ Regional Inequality 📉 Austerity Politics 🏚️ Welfare State Erosion

Having Nothing, Possessing Everything

by Michael Mather • 2018

A pastor stopped tallying what his poor neighborhood lacked. What he found rewrote his calling.

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241

🗺️ Asset-Based Community Development 🏙️ Urban Ministry 💰 Community Economics

Having Nothing, Possessing Everything Summary

Having Nothing, Possessing Everything 87%

A pastor stopped tallying what his poor neighborhood lacked. What he found rewrote his calling.

by Michael Mather 2018

4.39

241 ratings

🗺️ Asset-Based Community Development 🏙️ Urban Ministry 💰 Community Economics

All You Can Eat

by Joel Berg • 2008

America has the food to feed everyone. Why 35 million still go hungry.

3.88

137

🍽️ Food Insecurity 📋 Welfare Policy 🔗 Systemic Poverty

All You Can Eat 87%

America has the food to feed everyone. Why 35 million still go hungry.

by Joel Berg 2008

3.88

137 ratings

🍽️ Food Insecurity 📋 Welfare Policy 🔗 Systemic Poverty

Justice at Work

by Marc Doussard • 2022

How coalitions fuse racial and economic justice to win policy in cities.

5.00

🏙️ Urban Policy ✊ Labor Movements 🤝 Coalition Building

Justice at Work 87%

How coalitions fuse racial and economic justice to win policy in cities.

by Marc Doussard 2022

5.00

3 ratings

🏙️ Urban Policy ✊ Labor Movements 🤝 Coalition Building

Who Owns England?

by Guy Shrubsole • 2019

The secret 1% who own half of England: unmasking the aristocrats, royals, and oligarchs.

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🏠 Land Ownership 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Land ✊ Land Reform

Who Owns England? 86%

The secret 1% who own half of England: unmasking the aristocrats, royals, and oligarchs.

by Guy Shrubsole 2019

4.21

1k+ ratings

🏠 Land Ownership 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Land ✊ Land Reform

Improving Poor People

by Michael B. Katz • 1995

Why America keeps trying to fix the poor instead of poverty, and what history reveals.

3.83

📉 Poverty Policy 🏛️ Welfare State 🎯 Blaming The Victim

Improving Poor People 86%

Why America keeps trying to fix the poor instead of poverty, and what history reveals.

by Michael B. Katz 1995

3.83

12 ratings

📉 Poverty Policy 🏛️ Welfare State 🎯 Blaming The Victim

Broke, USA

by Gary Rivlin • 2010

How pawnshops and payday lenders turned the working poor into a multi-billion dollar market.

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🦈 Predatory Lending 🏚️ Poverty Economics 🚪 Financial Exclusion

Broke, USA 86%

How pawnshops and payday lenders turned the working poor into a multi-billion dollar market.

by Gary Rivlin 2010

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1k+ ratings

🦈 Predatory Lending 🏚️ Poverty Economics 🚪 Financial Exclusion

How the Poor Can Save Capitalism

by John Hope Bryant • 2014

The poor aren't a drain; they're an untapped engine. A blueprint for making capitalism include them.

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🧠 Financial Literacy 📈 Credit Repair 🏦 Community Banking

How the Poor Can Save Capitalism Summary

How the Poor Can Save Capitalism 86%

The poor aren't a drain; they're an untapped engine. A blueprint for making capitalism include them.

by John Hope Bryant 2014

3.99

210 ratings

🧠 Financial Literacy 📈 Credit Repair 🏦 Community Banking

ABCs of Buying Rental Property

by Ken McElroy • 2020

A single rental property can buy your freedom. The method that puts the market first.

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🏘️ Real Estate Investing 🏠 Rental Property 🔑 Landlord Guide

ABCs of Buying Rental Property 86%

A single rental property can buy your freedom. The method that puts the market first.

by Ken McElroy 2020

4.27

256 ratings

🏘️ Real Estate Investing 🏠 Rental Property 🔑 Landlord Guide

The Option of Urbanism

by Christopher B. Leinberger • 2007

America's car suburbs were built by policy, not consumer choice. The market now wants the opposite.

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🏙️ Urban Planning 🏘️ Sprawl 🏗️ New Urbanism

The Option of Urbanism 86%

America's car suburbs were built by policy, not consumer choice. The market now wants the opposite.

by Christopher B. Leinberger 2007

3.89

185 ratings

🏙️ Urban Planning 🏘️ Sprawl 🏗️ New Urbanism

Poverty Safari

by Darren McGarvey • 2017

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

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🏚️ Urban Poverty 📊 Class Analysis 💊 Addiction And Recovery

Poverty Safari 86%

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

by Darren McGarvey 2017

4.01

7k+ ratings

🏚️ Urban Poverty 📊 Class Analysis 💊 Addiction And Recovery

Tactical Urbanism

by Mike Lydon • 2014

How to hack your city with paint, planters, and pop-up parks, and prove change is possible now.

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315

🛠️ Diy Urbanism 🎨 Creative Placemaking 🏗️ Pop-Up Urbanism

Tactical Urbanism 86%

How to hack your city with paint, planters, and pop-up parks, and prove change is possible now.

by Mike Lydon 2014

3.99

315 ratings

🛠️ Diy Urbanism 🎨 Creative Placemaking 🏗️ Pop-Up Urbanism

The House Hacking Strategy

by Craig Curelop • 2019

Your tenants pay the mortgage. You keep the equity. Low-down-payment loans make it possible.

4.29

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🏠 Real Estate Investing 🏘️ Rental Property 💸 Passive Income

The House Hacking Strategy 86%

Your tenants pay the mortgage. You keep the equity. Low-down-payment loans make it possible.

by Craig Curelop 2019

4.29

680 ratings

🏠 Real Estate Investing 🏘️ Rental Property 💸 Passive Income

Best Things First

by Bjørn Lomborg • 2023

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

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388

🌍 Development Economics 📊 Benefit-Cost Analysis 🤲 Effective Altruism

Best Things First 86%

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

by Bjørn Lomborg 2023

3.90

388 ratings

🌍 Development Economics 📊 Benefit-Cost Analysis 🤲 Effective Altruism

White Poverty

by William J. Barber II • 2024

America's poor are mostly white. The lie that says otherwise keeps the working class fractured.

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🏚️ Systemic Poverty 🔗 Racial Division 💭 Poverty Myths

White Poverty 86%

America's poor are mostly white. The lie that says otherwise keeps the working class fractured.

by William J. Barber II 2024

4.28

719 ratings

🏚️ Systemic Poverty 🔗 Racial Division 💭 Poverty Myths

The Theft of a Decade

by Joseph C. Sternberg • 2019

The economy isn't broken for Millennials. It's working exactly as Boomer policy designed it to.

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📊 Generational Economics 🎓 Student Debt Crisis 🏠 Housing Affordability

The Theft of a Decade 86%

The economy isn't broken for Millennials. It's working exactly as Boomer policy designed it to.

by Joseph C. Sternberg 2019

3.42

221 ratings

📊 Generational Economics 🎓 Student Debt Crisis 🏠 Housing Affordability

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

by Jane Jacobs • 1961

Slums with low crime and safe sidewalks: the invisible logic cities follow when planners look away.

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🏙️ Urban Planning 🏚️ Urban Renewal 🚶 Street Life

The Death and Life of Great American Cities Summary

The Death and Life of Great American Cities 86%

Slums with low crime and safe sidewalks: the invisible logic cities follow when planners look away.

by Jane Jacobs 1961

4.29

20k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Planning 🏚️ Urban Renewal 🚶 Street Life

Paint Your Town Red

by Matthew Brown • 2021

38 million to 111 million: the spending shift that rebuilt a town.

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173

🏘️ Localism 🗳️ Economic Democracy 🤝 Worker Cooperatives

Paint Your Town Red 86%

38 million to 111 million: the spending shift that rebuilt a town.

by Matthew Brown 2021

3.71

173 ratings

🏘️ Localism 🗳️ Economic Democracy 🤝 Worker Cooperatives

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