Global Poverty
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Poor Economics
- A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
- By: Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo
- Narrated by: Brian Holsopple
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
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Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo have pioneered the use of randomized control trials in development economics. Work based on these principles, supervised by the Poverty Action Lab, is being carried out in dozens of countries. Drawing on this and their 15 years of research from Chile to India, Kenya to Indonesia, they have identified wholly new aspects of the behavior of poor people, their needs, and the way that aid or financial investment can affect their lives. Their work defies certain presumptions: that microfinance is a cure-all, that schooling equals learning....
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Excellent for non-economists
- By D. Martin on 07-01-12
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Poor Economics
- A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
- Narrated by: Brian Holsopple
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 01-03-12
- Language: English
- Billions of government dollars, and thousands of charitable organizations and NGOs, are dedicated to helping the world’s poor....
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The Divide
- Global Inequality from Conquest to Free Markets
- By: Jason Hickel
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
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Sixty percent of humanity - some four-point-three billion people - live in debilitating poverty. The standard development narrative suggests that alleviating poverty in poor countries is a matter of getting the internal policies right, combined with aid from rich countries. But anthropologist Jason Hickel argues that this approach misses the broader political forces at play. Global poverty - and the growing divide between "developing" and "developed" countries - has to do with how the global economy has been designed over the course of 500 years. Global inequality doesn't just exist; it has been created.
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eye-opening
- By Dumuzi-apsu on 03-05-19
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The Divide
- Global Inequality from Conquest to Free Markets
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 02-13-18
- Language: English
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Sixty percent of humanity - some four-point-three billion people - live in debilitating poverty. The standard development narrative suggests that alleviating poverty in poor countries is a matter of getting the internal policies right....
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The Haves and the Have Nots
- A Brief and Idiosyncratic History of Global Inequality
- By: Branko Milanovic
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
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Who is the richest person in the world, ever? Does where you were born affect how much money you'll earn over a lifetime? How would we know? Why, beyond the idle curiosity, do these questions even matter? In The Haves and the Have-Nots, Branko Milanovic, one of the world's leading experts on wealth, poverty, and the gap that separates them, explains these and other mysteries of how wealth is unevenly spread throughout our world, now and through time.
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Reading 'The Haves and the Have-Nots'
- By Joshua Kim on 06-10-12
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The Haves and the Have Nots
- A Brief and Idiosyncratic History of Global Inequality
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 12-28-10
- Language: English
- Who is the richest person in the world, ever? Does where you were born affect how much money youll earn over a lifetime? How would we know.....
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"We Are All Fast-Food Workers Now"
- The Global Uprising Against Poverty Wages
- By: Annelise Orleck
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
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Tracing a new labor movement sparked and sustained by low-wage workers from across the globe, "We Are All Fast-Food Workers Now" is an urgent, illuminating look at globalization as seen through the eyes of workers-activists: small farmers, fast-food servers, retail workers, hotel housekeepers, home-healthcare aides, airport workers, and adjunct professors who are fighting for respect, safety, and a living wage. Drawing on interviews with activists in many US cities and countries around the world.
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A must-read
- By Marianne C. Jurayj on 06-21-23
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"We Are All Fast-Food Workers Now"
- The Global Uprising Against Poverty Wages
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 02-27-18
- Language: English
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Tracing a new labor movement sparked and sustained by low-wage workers from across the globe, "We Are All Fast-Food Workers Now" is an urgent, illuminating look at globalization as seen through the eyes of workers-activists....
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Thirst
- A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World
- By: Scott Harrison, Lisa Sweetingham - contributor
- Narrated by: Scott Harrison
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
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An inspiring personal story of redemption, second chances, and the transformative power within us all, from the founder and CEO of the nonprofit charity: water. In the tradition of such best-selling books as Shoe Dog and Mountains Beyond Mountains, Thirst is a riveting account of how to build a better charity, a better business, a better life - and a gritty tale that proves it’s never too late to make a change.
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Inspiring!
- By April Ackroyd on 10-07-18
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Thirst
- A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World
- Narrated by: Scott Harrison
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 10-02-18
- Language: English
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An inspiring personal story of redemption, second chances, and the transformative power within us all, from the founder and CEO of the nonprofit charity: water....
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The Hole in Our Gospel
- What Does God Expect of Us?
- By: Richard Stearns
- Narrated by: Tommy Cresswell
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
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It took answering God's call on his life, a call that hurtled him out of his presidential corner office at Lenox-America's finest tableware company-to this humble corner of Uganda. This is a story of how a corporate CEO faced his own struggle to obey God whatever the cost, and his passionate call for Christians to change the world by actively living out their faith.
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Your Christian life may not be the same...
- By Dr. David R. Bess on 11-26-09
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The Hole in Our Gospel
- What Does God Expect of Us?
- Narrated by: Tommy Cresswell
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 04-01-09
- Language: English
- It's 1998 and Richard Stearns' heart is breaking as he sits in a mud hut and listens to the story of an orphaned child in Rakai, Uganda....
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Hope over Fate
- Fazle Hasan Abed and the Science of Ending Global Poverty
- By: Scott MacMillan
- Narrated by: Scott MacMillan
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
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Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times called him "one of the unsung heroes of modern times." Fazle Hasan Abed was a mild-mannered accountant who may be the most influential man most people have never even heard of. A former finance executive with almost no experience in relief aid, he founded BRAC, originally the Bangladesh Rehabilitation Assistance Committee, in 1972, aiming to help a few thousand war refugees. A half century later, BRAC is by many measures the largest nongovernmental organization in the world-and by many accounts, the most effective anti-poverty program ever.
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Hope over Fate
- Fazle Hasan Abed and the Science of Ending Global Poverty
- Narrated by: Scott MacMillan
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 05-28-24
- Language: English
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Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times called him "one of the unsung heroes of modern times." Fazle Hasan Abed was a mild-mannered accountant who may be the most influential man most people have never even heard of.
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Playing for Their Lives
- The Global El Sistema Movement for Social Change Through Music
- By: Tricia Tunstall, Eric Booth
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
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In some of the bleakest corners of the world, an unprecedented movement is taking root. From the favelas of Brazil to the Maori villages in New Zealand, from occupied Palestine to South Central Los Angeles, musicians with strong social consciences are founding intensive orchestra programs for children in need. In this captivating and inspiring account, authors Tricia Tunstall and Eric Booth tell the remarkable story of the international El Sistema movement.
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Playing for Their Lives
- The Global El Sistema Movement for Social Change Through Music
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 11-08-16
- Language: English
- An eye-opening view of the unprecedented global spread of El Sistema - intensive music education that disrupts the cycles of poverty....
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Globale Maßlosigkeit
- Der (un)aufhaltbare Zusammenbruch des weltweiten Mittelstands
- By: Huschmand Sabet
- Narrated by: Thomas Klees
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
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Dem globalen Mittelstand droht der Kollaps - es sei denn, die Gesellschaft lässt sich auf eine neue Richtung ein. Wird das aktuelle Wirtschaftssystem, das den Superreichen einen stetigen Einkommenszuwachs garantiert, nicht verbessert, wird es eine unüberbrückbare Kluft zwischen Arm und Reich geben. Der Unternehmer Huschmand Sabet fordert in diesem Werk eine führende Rolle der Weltreligionen als Instanzen der Wertevermittlung, sowie einen globalen Marshall-Plan, der das Konzept einer ökosozialen Marktwirtschaft einläuten soll.
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Globale Maßlosigkeit
- Der (un)aufhaltbare Zusammenbruch des weltweiten Mittelstands
- Narrated by: Thomas Klees
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 01-23-20
- Language: German
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Dem globalen Mittelstand droht der Kollaps - es sei denn, die Gesellschaft lässt sich auf eine neue Richtung ein. Wird das aktuelle...
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AI Rising: Humanity's Partner in Overcoming Global Threats
- Book 1: Understanding the AI Landscape
- By: Richard Murch
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
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This is not a story of machines supplanting humanity but of a profound symbiosis, where AI's analytical prowess amplifies our species' ingenuity and empathy. It is a tale of late nights fueled by coffee and conviction, triumphs snatched from the jaws of despair, and the enduring human spirit refusing to succumb to the darkness. Welcome to the chronicle of a new era, where technology is not a harbinger of doom but a bridge towards a brighter dawn. Turn the page and enter the crucible where humanity and AI forge a future worth fighting for - and much brighter future.
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AI Rising: Humanity's Partner in Overcoming Global Threats
- Book 1: Understanding the AI Landscape
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
- Release date: 04-26-24
- Language: English
- This is not a story of machines supplanting humanity but of a profound symbiosis, where AI's analytical prowess amplifies our species' ingenuity ...
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