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🛡️ Social Protection

Books focused on the policies and systems—welfare, insurance, pensions—that societies build to shield their most vulnerable members from poverty, illness, and economic catastrophe.
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🏢 Bureaucratic Encounters🔗 Race And Poverty
Fragmented Democracy Summary
Fragmented Democracy 88%
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🏢 Bureaucratic Encounters🔗 Race And Poverty
The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism
by Gøsta Esping-Andersen • 1989
Three welfare-state logics, not one spectrum; three distinct futures for work, class, and conflict.
3.93
352
🏛️ Welfare States📋 Social Policy🏭 Post-Industrial Work👷 Labor Market Policy🏫 Historical Institutionalism
The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism Summary
The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism 88%
Three welfare-state logics, not one spectrum; three distinct futures for work, class, and conflict.
by Gøsta Esping-Andersen 1989
3.93
352 ratings
🏛️ Welfare States📋 Social Policy🏭 Post-Industrial Work👷 Labor Market Policy🏫 Historical Institutionalism
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🎁 Gift Economies🤝 Recognition And Dignity
Respect in a World of Inequality Summary
Respect in a World of Inequality 88%
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🎁 Gift Economies🤝 Recognition And Dignity
What We Owe Each Other
by Minouche Shafik • 2021
The safety net is fraying from childhood to old age. A single plan to rewire it.
3.85
1k+
🏛️ Social Policy📉 Economic Inequality👷 Labor Markets🎓 Education Reform👶 Early Childhood
What We Owe Each Other Summary
What We Owe Each Other 88%
The safety net is fraying from childhood to old age. A single plan to rewire it.
by Minouche Shafik 2021
3.85
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Social Policy📉 Economic Inequality👷 Labor Markets🎓 Education Reform👶 Early Childhood
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🔗 Welfare Dependency🪢 Social Safety Net
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🔗 Welfare Dependency🪢 Social Safety Net
The Skilled Communicator in Social Work
by Karen Healy • 2017
Poststructuralism doesn't end critical social work; it saves it from its own certainties.
4.00
4
📚 Social Work Theory🏛 Critical Social Work🧩 Poststructural Theory🔍 Discourse Analysis🪢 Intersectionality
The Skilled Communicator in Social Work Summary
The Skilled Communicator in Social Work 87%
Poststructuralism doesn't end critical social work; it saves it from its own certainties.
by Karen Healy 2017
4.00
4 ratings
📚 Social Work Theory🏛 Critical Social Work🧩 Poststructural Theory🔍 Discourse Analysis🪢 Intersectionality
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🗽 Libertarian Economics🛡️ Social Insurance
In Our Hands Summary
In Our Hands 87%
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🗽 Libertarian Economics🛡️ Social Insurance
Social Security Fd 3e
by PETERSON • 2012
The single biggest Social Security decision: when to claim. Get it wrong and lose a third.
3.74
329
🧭 Retirement Planning🏛️ Government Benefits💰 Retirement Income🏥 Medicare Guide♿ Disability Benefits
Social Security Fd 3e Summary
Social Security Fd 3e 87%
The single biggest Social Security decision: when to claim. Get it wrong and lose a third.
by PETERSON 2012
3.74
329 ratings
🧭 Retirement Planning🏛️ Government Benefits💰 Retirement Income🏥 Medicare Guide♿ Disability Benefits
The Divided Welfare State
by Jacob S. Hacker • 2002
America didn't skip the welfare state. It hid it in tax breaks and employer benefits.
3.70
60
🏛️ Welfare State🔄 Path Dependence🏢 Private Welfare💰 Tax Subsidies🏫 Historical Institutionalism
The Divided Welfare State Summary
The Divided Welfare State 87%
America didn't skip the welfare state. It hid it in tax breaks and employer benefits.
by Jacob S. Hacker 2002
3.70
60 ratings
🏛️ Welfare State🔄 Path Dependence🏢 Private Welfare💰 Tax Subsidies🏫 Historical Institutionalism
The Listening Society
by Hanzi Freinacht • 2017
Political systems ignore how minds grow. A blueprint for a state that develops its citizens.
4.49
402
🏛️ Political Philosophy📖 Social Theory🪜 Adult Development🏥 Welfare State Reform🧬 Cultural Evolution
The Listening Society Summary
The Listening Society 87%
Political systems ignore how minds grow. A blueprint for a state that develops its citizens.
by Hanzi Freinacht 2017
4.49
402 ratings
🏛️ Political Philosophy📖 Social Theory🪜 Adult Development🏥 Welfare State Reform🧬 Cultural Evolution
Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions
by Joseph L. Matthews • 1988
Social Security rewards waiting. Medicare punishes delay. Deadlines most miss, and what they cost.
3.96
120
🏖️ Retirement Planning💰 Social Security🏥 Medicare♿ Disability Benefits🏛️ Government Benefits
Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions Summary
Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions 87%
Social Security rewards waiting. Medicare punishes delay. Deadlines most miss, and what they cost.
by Joseph L. Matthews 1988
3.96
120 ratings
🏖️ Retirement Planning💰 Social Security🏥 Medicare♿ Disability Benefits🏛️ Government Benefits
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🏥 Institutional Care⛪ Religious Charity
From Poor Law to Welfare State Summary
From Poor Law to Welfare State 87%
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🏥 Institutional Care⛪ Religious Charity
The Nordic Theory of Everything
by Anu Partanen • 2016
What Americans call socialist actually produces the world's most self-sufficient individuals.
3.86
9k+
🏔️ Nordic Model🏛️ Welfare State🌹 Social Democracy📊 Comparative Politics🏥 Universal Healthcare
The Nordic Theory of Everything Summary
The Nordic Theory of Everything 87%
What Americans call socialist actually produces the world's most self-sufficient individuals.
by Anu Partanen 2016
3.86
9k+ ratings
🏔️ Nordic Model🏛️ Welfare State🌹 Social Democracy📊 Comparative Politics🏥 Universal Healthcare
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🏛️ Food Politics🎭 Charity Critique
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🏛️ Food Politics🎭 Charity Critique
Labours of Love
by Madeleine Bunting • 2020
The work that sustains us from birth to death has been deliberately erased from economic view.
4.07
160
🏥 Care Work🔄 Social Reproduction🎭 Emotional Labor📉 Feminist Economics🤝 Ethics Of Care
Labours of Love Summary
Labours of Love 87%
The work that sustains us from birth to death has been deliberately erased from economic view.
by Madeleine Bunting 2020
4.07
160 ratings
🏥 Care Work🔄 Social Reproduction🎭 Emotional Labor📉 Feminist Economics🤝 Ethics Of Care
The Age of Dignity
by Ai-jen Poo • 2015
Ten thousand Americans turn sixty-five each day. The fix is infrastructure, not more nursing homes.
3.88
413
🧓 Elder Care🥪 Sandwich Generation📜 Aging Policy💰 Care Economy👪 Family Caregiving
The Age of Dignity Summary
The Age of Dignity 87%
Ten thousand Americans turn sixty-five each day. The fix is infrastructure, not more nursing homes.
by Ai-jen Poo 2015
3.88
413 ratings
🧓 Elder Care🥪 Sandwich Generation📜 Aging Policy💰 Care Economy👪 Family Caregiving
In the Shadow of the Poorhouse
by Michael B. Katz • 1986
American welfare was designed to deter, not to help. The poorhouse closed; the logic stayed.
3.74
138
📜 Welfare History🏚️ Poverty Studies🔗 Structural Inequality🏭 Racial Capitalism💰 Political Economy
In the Shadow of the Poorhouse Summary
In the Shadow of the Poorhouse 87%
American welfare was designed to deter, not to help. The poorhouse closed; the logic stayed.
by Michael B. Katz 1986
3.74
138 ratings
📜 Welfare History🏚️ Poverty Studies🔗 Structural Inequality🏭 Racial Capitalism💰 Political Economy
Working with High-Risk Youth
by Peter Smyth • 2017
The framework that replaces punishment with trust, and why it works when nothing else does.
🏛️ Child Welfare🩹 Trauma-Informed Care🩺 Harm Reduction🔗 Attachment Theory💪 Strength-Based Practice
Working with High-Risk Youth Summary
Working with High-Risk Youth 87%
The framework that replaces punishment with trust, and why it works when nothing else does.
by Peter Smyth 2017
🏛️ Child Welfare🩹 Trauma-Informed Care🩺 Harm Reduction🔗 Attachment Theory💪 Strength-Based Practice
Social Security Made Simple
by Mike Piper • 2012
Claim Social Security at the wrong age and it costs tens of thousands. The rules that pay you back.
4.16
268
🏛️ Social Security🏖️ Retirement Planning💰 Retirement Income🧾 Tax Planning📊 Personal Finance
Social Security Made Simple Summary
Social Security Made Simple 87%
Claim Social Security at the wrong age and it costs tens of thousands. The rules that pay you back.
by Mike Piper 2012
4.16
268 ratings
🏛️ Social Security🏖️ Retirement Planning💰 Retirement Income🧾 Tax Planning📊 Personal Finance
The Sociology of Anthony Giddens
by Steven Loyal • 2003
Giddens built his sociology around individual freedom. It was always politics dressed as theory.
4.31
16
🧠 Social Theory🗳️ Political Sociology🎯 Social Action🏙️ Modernity Critique📜 Intellectual History
The Sociology of Anthony Giddens Summary
The Sociology of Anthony Giddens 87%
Giddens built his sociology around individual freedom. It was always politics dressed as theory.
by Steven Loyal 2003
4.31
16 ratings
🧠 Social Theory🗳️ Political Sociology🎯 Social Action🏙️ Modernity Critique📜 Intellectual History
The Two Percent Solution
by Matt Miller • 2003
America's biggest domestic problems cost two percent of GDP to fix. That's the whole argument.
3.98
89
🏛️ Domestic Policy🏥 Healthcare Reform📚 Education Reform💰 Campaign Finance🤝 Bipartisan Solutions
The Two Percent Solution Summary
The Two Percent Solution 86%
America's biggest domestic problems cost two percent of GDP to fix. That's the whole argument.
by Matt Miller 2003
3.98
89 ratings
🏛️ Domestic Policy🏥 Healthcare Reform📚 Education Reform💰 Campaign Finance🤝 Bipartisan Solutions
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🌐 Cultural Relativism✍️ Cultural Criticism
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🌐 Cultural Relativism✍️ Cultural Criticism
Digital Dead End
by Virginia Eubanks • 2011
Access is not the problem. Power designs inequality into code, and the marginalized already know it.
3.86
72
💻 Digital Inequality🔬 Critical Technology Studies✏️ Participatory Design🏫 Popular Education👩‍🔬 Feminist Epistemology
Digital Dead End Summary
Digital Dead End 86%
Access is not the problem. Power designs inequality into code, and the marginalized already know it.
by Virginia Eubanks 2011
3.86
72 ratings
💻 Digital Inequality🔬 Critical Technology Studies✏️ Participatory Design🏫 Popular Education👩‍🔬 Feminist Epistemology
The Great Risk Shift
by Jacob S. Hacker • 2006
Income swings five times more than in the 1970s; the safety net was dismantled on purpose.
3.81
274
📉 Financial Fragility🛡️ Safety Net Erosion💼 Job Insecurity👴 Retirement Crisis🏥 Health Insurance Crisis
The Great Risk Shift Summary
The Great Risk Shift 86%
Income swings five times more than in the 1970s; the safety net was dismantled on purpose.
by Jacob S. Hacker 2006
3.81
274 ratings
📉 Financial Fragility🛡️ Safety Net Erosion💼 Job Insecurity👴 Retirement Crisis🏥 Health Insurance Crisis
Lost Connections
by Johann Hari • 2018
What if depression signals disconnection, not disease: we've lost community, meaning, nature.
4.26
42k+
🌐 Social Determinants Of Health🤝 Social Connection🩹 Trauma-Informed Care🧒 Adverse Childhood Experiences🌳 Eco-Therapy
Lost Connections Summary
Lost Connections 86%
What if depression signals disconnection, not disease: we've lost community, meaning, nature.
by Johann Hari 2018
4.26
42k+ ratings
🌐 Social Determinants Of Health🤝 Social Connection🩹 Trauma-Informed Care🧒 Adverse Childhood Experiences🌳 Eco-Therapy
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🏷️ Poverty Stigma📋 Welfare System
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🏷️ Poverty Stigma📋 Welfare System
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🧠 Mental Health Policy⚖️ Moral Psychology
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🧠 Mental Health Policy⚖️ Moral Psychology
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🏪 Market Limits🏥 Welfare State Critique
Whose Keeper? Social Science and Moral Obligation Summary
Whose Keeper? Social Science and Moral Obligation 86%
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🏪 Market Limits🏥 Welfare State Critique
Dimensions of Human Behavior
by Elizabeth D. Hutchison • 2003
A single theory cannot explain a life; here are eight lenses that together can.
3.77
167
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Social Work Practice🧠 Biopsychosocial Model🌳 Ecological Systems Theory👶 Human Development🕰️ Life Course Perspective
Dimensions of Human Behavior Summary
Dimensions of Human Behavior 86%
A single theory cannot explain a life; here are eight lenses that together can.
by Elizabeth D. Hutchison 2003
3.77
167 ratings
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Social Work Practice🧠 Biopsychosocial Model🌳 Ecological Systems Theory👶 Human Development🕰️ Life Course Perspective
The Locust Effect
by Gary A. Haugen • 2013
Poverty's root cause is violence, not economics. The aid industry has been fixing the wrong problem.
4.32
2k+
🏚️ Global Poverty📈 Development Economics⚖️ Rule Of Law⛓️ Human Trafficking🏠 Property Rights
The Locust Effect Summary
The Locust Effect 86%
Poverty's root cause is violence, not economics. The aid industry has been fixing the wrong problem.
by Gary A. Haugen 2013
4.32
2k+ ratings
🏚️ Global Poverty📈 Development Economics⚖️ Rule Of Law⛓️ Human Trafficking🏠 Property Rights
Lifehouse
by Adam Greenfield • 2024
Votes and green tech won't stop climate collapse. The real plan: neighbors caring for each other.
3.84
86
🌱 Community Organizing🤝 Mutual Aid Networks🌍 Climate Adaptation🗳️ Direct Democracy🌿 Social Ecology
Lifehouse Summary
Lifehouse 86%
Votes and green tech won't stop climate collapse. The real plan: neighbors caring for each other.
by Adam Greenfield 2024
3.84
86 ratings
🌱 Community Organizing🤝 Mutual Aid Networks🌍 Climate Adaptation🗳️ Direct Democracy🌿 Social Ecology
Shifting the Color Line
by Robert C. Lieberman • 1998
New Deal welfare was a racial sorting machine, not by intent but by institutional design.
3.69
16
🏛️ American Welfare State🕰️ New Deal Era⚖️ Institutional Racism🏗️ Structural Inequality🏫 Historical Institutionalism
Shifting the Color Line Summary
Shifting the Color Line 86%
New Deal welfare was a racial sorting machine, not by intent but by institutional design.
by Robert C. Lieberman 1998
3.69
16 ratings
🏛️ American Welfare State🕰️ New Deal Era⚖️ Institutional Racism🏗️ Structural Inequality🏫 Historical Institutionalism
We've Got You Covered
by Liran Einav • 2023
America already covers the uninsured, just badly. The fix: automatic, basic, free, and budgeted.
4.09
386
🏥 American Healthcare📊 Health Economics🏛 Health Policy🩺 Universal Coverage🩻 Health Insurance
We've Got You Covered Summary
We've Got You Covered 86%
America already covers the uninsured, just badly. The fix: automatic, basic, free, and budgeted.
by Liran Einav 2023
4.09
386 ratings
🏥 American Healthcare📊 Health Economics🏛 Health Policy🩺 Universal Coverage🩻 Health Insurance
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⚖️ Structural Inequality🏙️ Urban Poverty
Improving Poor People Summary
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⚖️ Structural Inequality🏙️ Urban Poverty
One Nation Under Therapy
by Christina Hoff Sommers • 2005
Therapy culture taught Americans to be fragile. Resilience and moral clarity are the antidote.
3.60
376
🧑‍⚕️ Therapeutic Culture🏛️ Cultural Criticism⚖️ Personal Accountability🇺🇸 Civic Education🛡️ Child Overprotection
One Nation Under Therapy Summary
One Nation Under Therapy 86%
Therapy culture taught Americans to be fragile. Resilience and moral clarity are the antidote.
by Christina Hoff Sommers 2005
3.60
376 ratings
🧑‍⚕️ Therapeutic Culture🏛️ Cultural Criticism⚖️ Personal Accountability🇺🇸 Civic Education🛡️ Child Overprotection
The Spirit Level
by Richard G. Wilkinson • 2009
Inequality sickens and divides. In rich countries, the gap matters more than the wealth itself.
4.13
7k+
💸 Income Inequality🏥 Public Health🤝 Social Trust😰 Status Anxiety📊 Progressive Economics
The Spirit Level Summary
The Spirit Level 86%
Inequality sickens and divides. In rich countries, the gap matters more than the wealth itself.
by Richard G. Wilkinson 2009
4.13
7k+ ratings
💸 Income Inequality🏥 Public Health🤝 Social Trust😰 Status Anxiety📊 Progressive Economics
Liquid Times
by Zygmunt Bauman • 2007
The stable world of careers, communities, and safety nets is gone, replaced by a permanent churn.
3.87
2k+
🧠 Social Theory🏭 Late Capitalism⚠️ Precarity😨 Culture Of Fear🧳 Displacement
Liquid Times Summary
Liquid Times 86%
The stable world of careers, communities, and safety nets is gone, replaced by a permanent churn.
by Zygmunt Bauman 2007
3.87
2k+ ratings
🧠 Social Theory🏭 Late Capitalism⚠️ Precarity😨 Culture Of Fear🧳 Displacement
Regulating the Poor
by Frances Fox Piven • 1971
Welfare has one rhythm: expand during riots, contract during calm, always to enforce cheap labor.
4.24
321
🏛️ Welfare State🔧 Work And Welfare🎛️ Social Control💰 Political Economy✊ Social Movements
Regulating the Poor Summary
Regulating the Poor 86%
Welfare has one rhythm: expand during riots, contract during calm, always to enforce cheap labor.
by Frances Fox Piven 1971
4.24
321 ratings
🏛️ Welfare State🔧 Work And Welfare🎛️ Social Control💰 Political Economy✊ Social Movements
Liquid Surveillance
by Zygmunt Bauman • 2012
Surveillance has gone from prison tower to loyalty card: fluid, seductive, and nearly invisible.
3.80
490
👁️ Surveillance Studies🔒 Digital Privacy🏛️ Post-Panoptic Theory📊 Social Sorting⚙️ Technological Determinism
Liquid Surveillance Summary
Liquid Surveillance 86%
Surveillance has gone from prison tower to loyalty card: fluid, seductive, and nearly invisible.
by Zygmunt Bauman 2012
3.80
490 ratings
👁️ Surveillance Studies🔒 Digital Privacy🏛️ Post-Panoptic Theory📊 Social Sorting⚙️ Technological Determinism
Enhancing Energy-Based Livelihoods for Women Micro-Entrepreneurs
by Asian Development Bank • 2018
Clean energy micro-enterprises in India are giving women economic power and reshaping communities.
👩‍💼 Women Entrepreneurs⚡ Energy Access💰 Microfinance⚧️ Gender And Development🏦 Financial Inclusion
Enhancing Energy-Based Livelihoods for Women Micro-Entrepreneurs Summary
Enhancing Energy-Based Livelihoods for Women Micro-Entrepreneurs 86%
Clean energy micro-enterprises in India are giving women economic power and reshaping communities.
by Asian Development Bank 2018
👩‍💼 Women Entrepreneurs⚡ Energy Access💰 Microfinance⚧️ Gender And Development🏦 Financial Inclusion
Behind the Screen
by Sarah T. Roberts • 2019
The open internet is a myth: a hidden workforce decides what you see, for a hidden price.
3.65
168
🛡️ Content Moderation⚖️ Platform Governance🖥️ Digital Labor👻 Invisible Labor🩹 Vicarious Trauma
Behind the Screen Summary
Behind the Screen 86%
The open internet is a myth: a hidden workforce decides what you see, for a hidden price.
by Sarah T. Roberts 2019
3.65
168 ratings
🛡️ Content Moderation⚖️ Platform Governance🖥️ Digital Labor👻 Invisible Labor🩹 Vicarious Trauma
Essential Labor
by Angela Garbes • 2022
The invisible labor of mothering holds up the economy. It could also remake it.
3.79
3k+
🧹 Care Work🤝 Intersectional Feminism✊ Anti-Capitalist Feminism⚖️ Reproductive Justice♿ Disability Justice
Essential Labor Summary
Essential Labor 86%
The invisible labor of mothering holds up the economy. It could also remake it.
by Angela Garbes 2022
3.79
3k+ ratings
🧹 Care Work🤝 Intersectional Feminism✊ Anti-Capitalist Feminism⚖️ Reproductive Justice♿ Disability Justice
Categorically Unequal
by Douglas S. Massey • 2007
America engineered its inequality: sort people into categories, then rig the rules.
4.24
134
📊 Social Stratification🔀 Race And Class🏛️ Political Economy🔗 Mass Incarceration🧠 Social Cognition
Categorically Unequal Summary
Categorically Unequal 86%
America engineered its inequality: sort people into categories, then rig the rules.
by Douglas S. Massey 2007
4.24
134 ratings
📊 Social Stratification🔀 Race And Class🏛️ Political Economy🔗 Mass Incarceration🧠 Social Cognition
The Submerged State
by Suzanne Mettler • 2011
Half of Americans who use government programs say they never have. That gap is no accident.
3.88
267
🕶️ Hidden Welfare State💸 Tax Expenditures⬆️💰 Upward Redistribution🗳️ Democratic Erosion🤷 Political Ignorance
The Submerged State Summary
The Submerged State 86%
Half of Americans who use government programs say they never have. That gap is no accident.
by Suzanne Mettler 2011
3.88
267 ratings
🕶️ Hidden Welfare State💸 Tax Expenditures⬆️💰 Upward Redistribution🗳️ Democratic Erosion🤷 Political Ignorance
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💊 Harm Reduction📰 Narrative Journalism
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💊 Harm Reduction📰 Narrative Journalism
From Welfare to Workfare
by Jennifer Mittelstadt • 2005
Reformers taught poor mothers to work to save welfare; they built the case for workfare instead.
3.91
11
📋 Welfare Policy🏛️ Postwar America🔄 Unintended Consequences🎭 Racial Liberalism👩‍👧 Feminization Of Poverty
From Welfare to Workfare Summary
From Welfare to Workfare 86%
Reformers taught poor mothers to work to save welfare; they built the case for workfare instead.
by Jennifer Mittelstadt 2005
3.91
11 ratings
📋 Welfare Policy🏛️ Postwar America🔄 Unintended Consequences🎭 Racial Liberalism👩‍👧 Feminization Of Poverty
Protecting Soldiers and Mothers
by Skocpol • 1992
Why America built a welfare state for soldiers and mothers, not workers, and never recovered.
3.79
107
🏛️ Welfare State Origins📜 Historical Institutionalism🗽 American Political Development⌛ Progressive Era Reforms👩‍👧 Maternal Welfare
Protecting Soldiers and Mothers Summary
Protecting Soldiers and Mothers 86%
Why America built a welfare state for soldiers and mothers, not workers, and never recovered.
by Skocpol 1992
3.79
107 ratings
🏛️ Welfare State Origins📜 Historical Institutionalism🗽 American Political Development⌛ Progressive Era Reforms👩‍👧 Maternal Welfare
The Mindset Of A Refugee
by Joseph Minani • 2020
A mindset forged in displacement could be the world's most powerful engine for change.
🏕️ Refugee Resilience🌱 Cultivating Hope🩹 Trauma Recovery🤝 Refugee Integration📖 Narrative Advocacy
The Mindset Of A Refugee Summary
The Mindset Of A Refugee 86%
A mindset forged in displacement could be the world's most powerful engine for change.
by Joseph Minani 2020
🏕️ Refugee Resilience🌱 Cultivating Hope🩹 Trauma Recovery🤝 Refugee Integration📖 Narrative Advocacy
Holding It Together
by Jessica Calarco • 2024
America's safety net is women's unpaid labor. That's not an accident. It was designed.
4.13
1k+
🤲 Care Economy🧹 Unpaid Labor🪢 Social Safety Net📊 Feminist Economics🎭 Meritocracy Critique
Holding It Together Summary
Holding It Together 86%
America's safety net is women's unpaid labor. That's not an accident. It was designed.
by Jessica Calarco 2024
4.13
1k+ ratings
🤲 Care Economy🧹 Unpaid Labor🪢 Social Safety Net📊 Feminist Economics🎭 Meritocracy Critique
The Power of Market Fundamentalism
by Fred L. Block • 2014
The self-regulating market was always a fiction. Enforcing it consumes the society that created it.
4.34
67
🏛️ Political Economy📊 Economic Sociology🚫 Market Fundamentalism💰 Commodification📖 Economic Thought
The Power of Market Fundamentalism Summary
The Power of Market Fundamentalism 86%
The self-regulating market was always a fiction. Enforcing it consumes the society that created it.
by Fred L. Block 2014
4.34
67 ratings
🏛️ Political Economy📊 Economic Sociology🚫 Market Fundamentalism💰 Commodification📖 Economic Thought
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