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