Books

Books

Economics

• Armchair Economist: Economics & Everyday Life by Steven E. Landsburg
• Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science by Charles Wheelan
• Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner

Education

• Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur’s Odyssey to Educate the World’s Children by John Wood
• Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin

Entrepreneurship, Starting a business

• Entrepreneur’s Notebook: Practical Advice for Starting a New Business Venture, Steven K. Gold
• Business Planning for Enduring Social Impact: A Social-Entrepreneurial Approach to Solving Social Problems, Andrew Wolk & Kelley Kreitz

Environment

• An Inconvenient Truth: The Crises of Global Warming by Al Gore
• Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage by Daniel C. Esty & Andrew S. Winston
• Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by William McDonough & Michael Braungart
• The Weather Makers : How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth by Tim Flannery
• Capitalism at the Crossroads: Aligning Business, Earth, and Humanity by Stuart L. Hart
• The Triple Bottom Line: How Today’s Best-Run Companies Are Achieving Economic, Social and Environmental Success — and How You Can Too by Andrew W. Savitz & Karl Weber

MicroFinance

• Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty by Muhammad Yunus

Poverty Alleviation

• The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time by Jeffrey D. Sachs

Social Entrepreneurship, Social Business

• Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism by Muhammad Yunus
• How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, Updated Edition by David Bornstein

Other Interesting stuff

• A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel H. Pink
• Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell