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Zeronauts: Breaking the Sustainability Barrier

By John Elkington | Reviewed By Matthew E. Kahn
Summer 2012
 
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Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think

By Peter H. Diamandis & Steven Kotler | By Timothy Ogden
Summer 2012
 

The Coming Prosperity: How Entrepreneurs Are Transforming the Global Economy

By Philip Auerswald | By Timothy Ogden
Summer 2012
 

Race Against The Machine

By Erik Brynjolfsson & Andrew McAfee | Reviewed By Timothy Ogden
Spring 2012
 
Daughters_of_the_Declaration:_How_Women_Social_Entrepreneurs_Built_the_American_Dream_Claire Gaudiani_David_Graham_Burnett

Daughters of the Declaration: How Women Social Entrepreneurs Built the American Dream

By Claire Gaudiani & David Graham Burnett | Reviewed By Alana Conner
Spring 2012
 
The_Great_Stagnation:_How_America_Ate_All_the_Low-Hanging_Fruit_of_Modern_History,_Got_Sick,_and_Will(Eventually)_Feel_Better_Tyler_Cowen

The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All the Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better

By Tyler Cowen | Reviewed By Timothy Ogden
Spring 2012
 
DRIVING SOCIAL CHANGE: How to Solve the World’s Toughest Problems Paul C. Light

Driving Social Change: How to Solve the World’s Toughest Problems

By Paul C. Light | Reviewed By Vanessa Kirsch
Spring 2011
 
THE IMAGINATIONS OF UNREASONABLE MEN: Inspiration, Vision, and Purpose in the Quest to End Malaria Bill Shore

The Imaginations of Unreasonable Men: Inspiration, Vision, and Purpose in the Quest to End Malaria

By Bill Shore | Reviewed By Jane Wales
Winter 2011
 
A FISTFUL OF RICE: My Unexpected Quest to End Poverty Through Profi tability Vikram Akula

A Fistful of Rice: My Unexpected Quest to End Poverty Through Profitability

By Vikram Akula | Reviewed By Jonathan C. Lewis
Winter 2011
 
HALF THE SKY: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide Sheryl WuDunn & Nicholas D. Kristof

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

By Sheryl WuDunn & Nicholas Kristof | Reviewed By Kavita Nandini Ramdas
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