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💸 Dependency And Charity

A critical examination of aid and giving — when help empowers and when it creates cycles of reliance that undermine dignity and self-sufficiency.
Respect in a World of Inequality
by Richard Sennett • 2003
Invisibility is inequality's deepest cut; the systems meant to heal it often cut deeper.
3.69
244
🗽 Social Inequality🏆 Meritocracy Critique🏛️ Welfare State
Respect in a World of Inequality Summary
Respect in a World of Inequality 87%
Invisibility is inequality's deepest cut; the systems meant to heal it often cut deeper.
by Richard Sennett 2003
3.69
244 ratings
🗽 Social Inequality🏆 Meritocracy Critique🏛️ Welfare State
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 Summary
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
Toxic Charity
by Robert D. Lupton • 2011
How to stop hurting the people you want to help: swap handouts for dignity and investment.
3.94
5k+
📉 Charity Critique💰 Microfinance🏘️ Community Development
Toxic Charity Summary
Toxic Charity 87%
How to stop hurting the people you want to help: swap handouts for dignity and investment.
by Robert D. Lupton 2011
3.94
5k+ ratings
📉 Charity Critique💰 Microfinance🏘️ Community Development
The Life You Can Save
by Peter Singer • 2009
Child drowning: you'd wade in. Child dying of malaria: $10 saves her. The moral math is identical.
4.15
7k+
🧮 Effective Altruism🌍 Global Poverty⚖️ Utilitarian Ethics
The Life You Can Save Summary
The Life You Can Save 87%
Child drowning: you'd wade in. Child dying of malaria: $10 saves her. The moral math is identical.
by Peter Singer 2009
4.15
7k+ ratings
🧮 Effective Altruism🌍 Global Poverty⚖️ Utilitarian Ethics
The Human Cost of Welfare
by Phil Harvey • 2016
Welfare was built to end poverty. Its rules punish work, marriage, and saving instead.
4.45
20
🏛️ Welfare Reform📉 Anti-Poverty Policy💼 Work Incentives
The Human Cost of Welfare Summary
The Human Cost of Welfare 87%
Welfare was built to end poverty. Its rules punish work, marriage, and saving instead.
by Phil Harvey 2016
4.45
20 ratings
🏛️ Welfare Reform📉 Anti-Poverty Policy💼 Work Incentives
A Gift of Hope
by Danielle Steel • 2012
She gave teddy bears to homeless men. The toughest cried, and her grief began to heal.
3.98
3k+
🏠 Homelessness🚐 Street Outreach🧸 Dignity Restoration
A Gift of Hope Summary
A Gift of Hope 86%
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
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 Summary
The Lost and the Found 86%
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
San Fransicko
by Michael Shellenberger • 2021
Progressive compassion for the homeless and addicted is making both groups larger and sicker.
4.01
4k+
🏙️ Urban Policy🏚️ Homelessness💊 Drug Policy
San Fransicko Summary
San Fransicko 86%
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
The Paradox of Generosity
by Christian Smith • 2014
The top 5% of givers are happier and healthier. The reason isn't money.
3.85
114
🎁 Generosity🤝 Prosocial Behavior😊 Positive Psychology
The Paradox of Generosity Summary
The Paradox of Generosity 86%
The top 5% of givers are happier and healthier. The reason isn't money.
by Christian Smith 2014
3.85
114 ratings
🎁 Generosity🤝 Prosocial Behavior😊 Positive Psychology
In Our Hands
by Charles Murray • 2006
Eliminate every welfare program. Send every adult one check. It costs less and ends poverty.
3.74
290
🏦 Universal Basic Income📋 Welfare Reform🏘️ Civil Society
In Our Hands Summary
In Our Hands 86%
Eliminate every welfare program. Send every adult one check. It costs less and ends poverty.
by Charles Murray 2006
3.74
290 ratings
🏦 Universal Basic Income📋 Welfare Reform🏘️ Civil Society
Maid
by Stephanie Land • 2019
A single mother cleans houses while barely holding onto her own: life inside the working poor.
3.86
114k+
💰 Working Poor🧹 Domestic Labor🌫️ Invisible Labor
Maid Summary
Maid 86%
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
Rough Sleepers
by Tracy Kidder • 2023
The homeless die ten times faster. A Boston doctor found that trust is the only cure.
4.34
11k+
🏥 Homeless Healthcare🧱 Structural Inequality🏙️ Urban Poverty
Rough Sleepers Summary
Rough Sleepers 86%
The homeless die ten times faster. A Boston doctor found that trust is the only cure.
by Tracy Kidder 2023
4.34
11k+ ratings
🏥 Homeless Healthcare🧱 Structural Inequality🏙️ Urban Poverty
The Idealist
by Nina Munk • 2013
The $120-per-person plan to end poverty in Africa: why it failed, village by village.
3.94
1k+
📈 Development Economics🌍 Foreign Aid🏛️ Top-Down Planning
The Idealist Summary
The Idealist 86%
The $120-per-person plan to end poverty in Africa: why it failed, village by village.
by Nina Munk 2013
3.94
1k+ ratings
📈 Development Economics🌍 Foreign Aid🏛️ Top-Down Planning
On Kindness
by Adam Phillips • 2009
How kindness went from virtue to embarrassment. A compact history of what self-interest cost us.
3.54
707
📖 Intellectual History🛋️ Psychoanalytic Thought🤝 Altruism And Empathy
On Kindness Summary
On Kindness 86%
How kindness went from virtue to embarrassment. A compact history of what self-interest cost us.
by Adam Phillips 2009
3.54
707 ratings
📖 Intellectual History🛋️ Psychoanalytic Thought🤝 Altruism And Empathy
Poverty Safari
by Darren McGarvey • 2017
Poverty isn't just broke. It's trauma, addiction, and a mind that fights its own rescue.
4.01
7k+
🏚️ Urban Poverty📊 Class Analysis💊 Addiction And Recovery
Poverty Safari Summary
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
Same Kind of Different as Me
by Ron Hall • 2006
An art dealer, a homeless man, and the woman who bound them together. Then cancer came.
4.20
93k+
👥 Dual Memoir⛪ Faith Testimony🤝 Interracial Friendship
Same Kind of Different as Me Summary
Same Kind of Different as Me 86%
An art dealer, a homeless man, and the woman who bound them together. Then cancer came.
by Ron Hall 2006
4.20
93k+ ratings
👥 Dual Memoir⛪ Faith Testimony🤝 Interracial Friendship
Good Money Revolution
by Derrick Kinney • 2022
What if wealth-building was an act of generosity? A practical plan to earn, save, and give.
3.75
168
💰 Personal Finance🧠 Money Mindset🎁 Charitable Giving
Good Money Revolution Summary
Good Money Revolution 86%
What if wealth-building was an act of generosity? A practical plan to earn, save, and give.
by Derrick Kinney 2022
3.75
168 ratings
💰 Personal Finance🧠 Money Mindset🎁 Charitable Giving
The Bottom Billion
by Paul Collier • 2007
Four traps keep a billion people poor, and the usual remedies only tighten them.
3.85
8k+
📈 Development Economics🪤 Poverty Traps🛢️ Resource Curse
The Bottom Billion Summary
The Bottom Billion 86%
Four traps keep a billion people poor, and the usual remedies only tighten them.
by Paul Collier 2007
3.85
8k+ ratings
📈 Development Economics🪤 Poverty Traps🛢️ Resource Curse
Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Children
by Allison Bottke • 2008
Six faith-based steps to stop enabling your adult child, end the chaos, and reclaim your sanity.
4.16
748
🧑‍🧑‍🧒 Adult Children🚧 Family Boundaries🆘 Enabling Behaviors
Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Children Summary
Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Children 86%
Six faith-based steps to stop enabling your adult child, end the chaos, and reclaim your sanity.
by Allison Bottke 2008
4.16
748 ratings
🧑‍🧑‍🧒 Adult Children🚧 Family Boundaries🆘 Enabling Behaviors
Hillbilly Elegy
by J.D. Vance • 2016
Poverty teaches a lesson that keeps you poor: your effort doesn't matter.
3.83
508k+
⛰️ Appalachian Memoir🏭 White Working Class🧸 Childhood Adversity
Hillbilly Elegy Summary
Hillbilly Elegy 86%
Poverty teaches a lesson that keeps you poor: your effort doesn't matter.
by J.D. Vance 2016
3.83
508k+ ratings
⛰️ Appalachian Memoir🏭 White Working Class🧸 Childhood Adversity
Life at the Bottom
by Theodore Dalrymple • 2001
Poverty didn't wreck the underclass. A set of ideas did—and intellectuals handed them down.
4.23
4k+
🏙️ Urban Poverty🏛️ Welfare State Critique🎭 Victimhood Culture
Life at the Bottom Summary
Life at the Bottom 86%
Poverty didn't wreck the underclass. A set of ideas did—and intellectuals handed them down.
by Theodore Dalrymple 2001
4.23
4k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Poverty🏛️ Welfare State Critique🎭 Victimhood Culture
Doing Good Better
by William MacAskill • 2015
The most effective charities outperform the rest a hundredfold, and popularity points the wrong way.
4.17
8k+
🧮 Effective Altruism📊 Evidence-Based Giving🌍 Global Poverty
Doing Good Better Summary
Doing Good Better 86%
The most effective charities outperform the rest a hundredfold, and popularity points the wrong way.
by William MacAskill 2015
4.17
8k+ ratings
🧮 Effective Altruism📊 Evidence-Based Giving🌍 Global Poverty
Kisses from Katie
by Katie Davis Majors • 2011
A short Uganda mission trip at eighteen: she never left, adopting thirteen daughters instead.
4.4
35k+
👩‍👧‍👧 Orphan Care🌍 Serving The Poor✝️ Radical Faith
Kisses from Katie Summary
Kisses from Katie 86%
A short Uganda mission trip at eighteen: she never left, adopting thirteen daughters instead.
by Katie Davis Majors 2011
4.4
35k+ ratings
👩‍👧‍👧 Orphan Care🌍 Serving The Poor✝️ Radical Faith
The White Man's Burden
by William Easterly • 2006
$2.3 trillion in aid left the poorest no better off. A World Bank insider explains why.
3.83
6k+
📈 Development Economics🔍 Aid Skepticism🌱 Bottom-Up Development
The White Man's Burden Summary
The White Man's Burden 85%
$2.3 trillion in aid left the poorest no better off. A World Bank insider explains why.
by William Easterly 2006
3.83
6k+ ratings
📈 Development Economics🔍 Aid Skepticism🌱 Bottom-Up Development
Whose Keeper? Social Science and Moral Obligation
by Alan Wolfe • 1989
Markets and states each fail at moral obligation. The answer hides where neither governs.
4.08
13
🏛️ Civil Society⚖️ Moral Economy🤝 Communitarianism
Whose Keeper? Social Science and Moral Obligation Summary
Whose Keeper? Social Science and Moral Obligation 85%
Markets and states each fail at moral obligation. The answer hides where neither governs.
by Alan Wolfe 1989
4.08
13 ratings
🏛️ Civil Society⚖️ Moral Economy🤝 Communitarianism
Now I Am Known
by Peter Mutabazi • 2022
A stranger asked a street kid his name. He grew up to become a foster father.
4.75
1k+
🏠 Foster Care💔 Childhood Trauma🕊️ Forgiveness
Now I Am Known Summary
Now I Am Known 85%
A stranger asked a street kid his name. He grew up to become a foster father.
by Peter Mutabazi 2022
4.75
1k+ ratings
🏠 Foster Care💔 Childhood Trauma🕊️ Forgiveness
Strangers Drowning
by Larissa MacFarquhar • 2015
They give kidneys and fortunes to strangers. Why their goodness is more unsettling than inspiring.
3.91
3k+
🤲 Extreme Altruism⚖️ Moral Demandingness💡 Effective Altruism
Strangers Drowning Summary
Strangers Drowning 85%
They give kidneys and fortunes to strangers. Why their goodness is more unsettling than inspiring.
by Larissa MacFarquhar 2015
3.91
3k+ ratings
🤲 Extreme Altruism⚖️ Moral Demandingness💡 Effective Altruism
Invisible Child
by Andrea Elliott • 2021
Born homeless in Brooklyn, Dasani gets one shot: a boarding school that accepts one in ten.
4.70
20k+
🏙️ Urban Poverty🛡️ Child Welfare🔁 Intergenerational Poverty
Invisible Child Summary
Invisible Child 85%
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 Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman
by Gennifer Choldenko • 2024
Abandoned with his baby sister, eleven-year-old Hank has nothing but one name on a school form.
4.46
4k+
🏠 Foster Care👦 Sibling Caretaker🤝 Found Family
The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman Summary
The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman 85%
Abandoned with his baby sister, eleven-year-old Hank has nothing but one name on a school form.
by Gennifer Choldenko 2024
4.46
4k+ ratings
🏠 Foster Care👦 Sibling Caretaker🤝 Found Family
The End of Poverty
by Jeffrey D. Sachs • 2005
One billion people stuck below a dollar a day: the traps, the diagnosis, the way out.
3.69
11k+
📈 Development Economics🪤 Poverty Traps🦟 Disease Burden
The End of Poverty Summary
The End of Poverty 85%
One billion people stuck below a dollar a day: the traps, the diagnosis, the way out.
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2005
3.69
11k+ ratings
📈 Development Economics🪤 Poverty Traps🦟 Disease Burden
Smart Money Smart Kids
by Dave Ramsey • 2014
From three jars to a debt-free degree: the chore-and-save plan for raising financially capable kids.
4.26
7k+
🧒 Financial Parenting🚫 Debt-Free Living🎓 College Without Loans
Smart Money Smart Kids Summary
Smart Money Smart Kids 85%
From three jars to a debt-free degree: the chore-and-save plan for raising financially capable kids.
by Dave Ramsey 2014
4.26
7k+ ratings
🧒 Financial Parenting🚫 Debt-Free Living🎓 College Without Loans
Infectious Generosity
by Chris J. Anderson • 2024
Your act of kindness can now reach millions. The invisible wiring that makes generosity go viral.
3.62
1k+
🦠 Viral Altruism🎁 Science Of Giving💝 Non-Monetary Gifts
Infectious Generosity Summary
Infectious Generosity 85%
Your act of kindness can now reach millions. The invisible wiring that makes generosity go viral.
by Chris J. Anderson 2024
3.62
1k+ ratings
🦠 Viral Altruism🎁 Science Of Giving💝 Non-Monetary Gifts
From Poor Law to Welfare State
by Walter I. Trattner • 1974
How America turned helping the poor from an act of justice into a judgment on character.
3.69
318
🏛️ Social Welfare History🇺🇸 American Social Policy⚖️ Poverty And Morality
From Poor Law to Welfare State Summary
From Poor Law to Welfare State 85%
How America turned helping the poor from an act of justice into a judgment on character.
by Walter I. Trattner 1974
3.69
318 ratings
🏛️ Social Welfare History🇺🇸 American Social Policy⚖️ Poverty And Morality
Nobody Ever Told Me Anything
by Rachael "Steak" Finley • 2022
She raised herself, beat cancer twice, survived fame's cruelty, and then motherhood blindsided her.
4.55
819
🏚️ Childhood Neglect💊 Parental Addiction📸 Toxic Fame
Nobody Ever Told Me Anything Summary
Nobody Ever Told Me Anything 85%
She raised herself, beat cancer twice, survived fame's cruelty, and then motherhood blindsided her.
by Rachael "Steak" Finley 2022
4.55
819 ratings
🏚️ Childhood Neglect💊 Parental Addiction📸 Toxic Fame
Never Stop Walking
by Christina Rickardsson • 2016
Adoption carried her from Brazilian caves to Sweden at eight. Learning the cost took decades.
3.98
10k+
🧳 Transnational Adoption🏚️ Street Survival💔 Childhood Trauma
Never Stop Walking Summary
Never Stop Walking 85%
Adoption carried her from Brazilian caves to Sweden at eight. Learning the cost took decades.
by Christina Rickardsson 2016
3.98
10k+ ratings
🧳 Transnational Adoption🏚️ Street Survival💔 Childhood Trauma
Having Nothing, Possessing Everything
by Michael Mather • 2018
A pastor stopped tallying what his poor neighborhood lacked. What he found rewrote his calling.
4.39
241
🗺️ Asset-Based Community Development🏙️ Urban Ministry💰 Community Economics
Having Nothing, Possessing Everything Summary
Having Nothing, Possessing Everything 85%
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
Class
by Stephanie Land • 2023
To afford college, she scrubbed toilets. The welfare office told her to drop out instead.
3.61
15k+
👩‍👧 Single Motherhood💔 Domestic Abuse Survival👩‍🎓 Poverty And Education
Class Summary
Class 85%
To afford college, she scrubbed toilets. The welfare office told her to drop out instead.
by Stephanie Land 2023
3.61
15k+ ratings
👩‍👧 Single Motherhood💔 Domestic Abuse Survival👩‍🎓 Poverty And Education
Woman Who Love Too Much
by Robin Norwood
It feels like love but works like an addiction, and the needle was loaded in childhood.
4.03
78
🪢 Codependency🖤 Obsessive Love🏚️ Family Dysfunction
Woman Who Love Too Much Summary
Woman Who Love Too Much 85%
It feels like love but works like an addiction, and the needle was loaded in childhood.
by Robin Norwood
4.03
78 ratings
🪢 Codependency🖤 Obsessive Love🏚️ Family Dysfunction
Fragmented Democracy
by Jamila Michener • 2018
Your zip code decides your Medicaid benefits. It also decides whether you bother with politics.
4.23
120
🏛️ American Federalism🏥 Health Policy⚖️ Political Inequality
Fragmented Democracy Summary
Fragmented Democracy 85%
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
I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt
by Madeline Pendleton • 2024
The financial rules that work when you are broke look nothing like the ones in the bestsellers.
4.52
4k+
💰 Financial Memoir📱 Millennial Money🏚️ Economic Precarity
I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt Summary
I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt 85%
The financial rules that work when you are broke look nothing like the ones in the bestsellers.
by Madeline Pendleton 2024
4.52
4k+ ratings
💰 Financial Memoir📱 Millennial Money🏚️ Economic Precarity
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
12
📉 Poverty Policy🏛️ Welfare State🎯 Blaming The Victim
Improving Poor People Summary
Improving Poor People 85%
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
A Street Cat Named Bob
by James Bowen • 2012
An injured ginger stray saves a struggling busker from heroin, one shoulder ride at a time.
3.99
61k+
🧑‍⚕️ Addiction Recovery🐈 Human-Animal Bond🏠 Homelessness Memoir
A Street Cat Named Bob Summary
A Street Cat Named Bob 85%
An injured ginger stray saves a struggling busker from heroin, one shoulder ride at a time.
by James Bowen 2012
3.99
61k+ ratings
🧑‍⚕️ Addiction Recovery🐈 Human-Animal Bond🏠 Homelessness Memoir
White Poverty
by William J. Barber II • 2024
America's poor are mostly white. The lie that says otherwise keeps the working class fractured.
4.28
719
🏚️ Systemic Poverty🔗 Racial Division💭 Poverty Myths
White Poverty Summary
White Poverty 85%
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 Most Good You Can Do
by Peter Singer • 2015
Your charitable instincts are probably wrong. A dollar overseas can do a hundred times more good.
3.80
4k+
🎯 Effective Altruism⚖️ Utilitarianism📊 Evidence-Based Charity
The Most Good You Can Do Summary
The Most Good You Can Do 85%
Your charitable instincts are probably wrong. A dollar overseas can do a hundred times more good.
by Peter Singer 2015
3.80
4k+ ratings
🎯 Effective Altruism⚖️ Utilitarianism📊 Evidence-Based Charity
Angela's Ashes
by Frank McCourt • 1996
Three dead siblings, a father who drinks the dole, and one boy's plan to reach America.
4.15
661k+
☘️ Irish Memoir🍞 Extreme Poverty🍺 Alcoholic Parent
Angela's Ashes Summary
Angela's Ashes 85%
Three dead siblings, a father who drinks the dole, and one boy's plan to reach America.
by Frank McCourt 1996
4.15
661k+ ratings
☘️ Irish Memoir🍞 Extreme Poverty🍺 Alcoholic Parent
The Giving Tree
by Shel Silverstein • 1964
A tree loves a boy and gives him everything she has, across a lifetime of taking.
4.39
1.2M+
📖 Illustrated Fable💔 Bittersweet🌳 Parental Love
The Giving Tree Summary
The Giving Tree 85%
A tree loves a boy and gives him everything she has, across a lifetime of taking.
by Shel Silverstein 1964
4.39
1.2M+ ratings
📖 Illustrated Fable💔 Bittersweet🌳 Parental Love
Chasing Chaos
by Jessica Alexander • 2013
Humanitarian aid isn't what the brochures promise. A decade inside the machine shows why.
4.09
3k+
🌍 Humanitarian Aid📋 Aid Industry Critique🚨 Disaster Response
Chasing Chaos Summary
Chasing Chaos 85%
Humanitarian aid isn't what the brochures promise. A decade inside the machine shows why.
by Jessica Alexander 2013
4.09
3k+ ratings
🌍 Humanitarian Aid📋 Aid Industry Critique🚨 Disaster Response
Giving Done Right
by Phil Buchanan • 2019
Nonprofits are not businesses. The distinct set of skills that effective giving actually requires.
3.85
146
🎯 Strategic Philanthropy🏢 Nonprofit Management📊 Impact Measurement
Giving Done Right Summary
Giving Done Right 85%
Nonprofits are not businesses. The distinct set of skills that effective giving actually requires.
by Phil Buchanan 2019
3.85
146 ratings
🎯 Strategic Philanthropy🏢 Nonprofit Management📊 Impact Measurement
The Billionaire Who Wasn't
by Conor O'Clery • 2007
He gave away $600 million in secret while Forbes still listed him as a billionaire.
4.11
1k+
🏦 Billionaire Donors💸 Spend-Down Philanthropy🤫 Anonymous Giving
The Billionaire Who Wasn't Summary
The Billionaire Who Wasn't 85%
He gave away $600 million in secret while Forbes still listed him as a billionaire.
by Conor O'Clery 2007
4.11
1k+ ratings
🏦 Billionaire Donors💸 Spend-Down Philanthropy🤫 Anonymous Giving
Dead Aid
by Dambisa Moyo • 2009
Trillions in aid made Africa poorer. The remedy: trade, markets, and a hard deadline.
3.70
8k+
🌍 African Economies🔗 Aid Dependency🏗️ Market Development
Dead Aid Summary
Dead Aid 85%
Trillions in aid made Africa poorer. The remedy: trade, markets, and a hard deadline.
by Dambisa Moyo 2009
3.70
8k+ ratings
🌍 African Economies🔗 Aid Dependency🏗️ Market Development
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