The End of Poverty – Jeffery Sachs

Yes Yes I know class has finished but I had a sneaky suspicion that you would come back for at least one more look at the collective thoughts and enlightened posts from your class mates, and by being the last post you are more likely to remember to read this book

The End of Poverty, [...]

Base of the Pyramid: Sustainable Business from the Bottom up

In his article “Base of the Pyramid: Sustainable Business from the Bottom up” Robert S. Katz discusses the emerging concept of social entrepreneurship. The idea behind this concept is to build profitable businesses that can fulfill essential requirements, while generating incomes in much-needed regions. Two such entrepreneurs, Martin Fisher and Upendra Bhatt, have [...]

No Logo – The book by Naomi Klein

Have you ever heard about Naomi Klein and her book No Logo?
This book assesses the lack of ability of the corporations around the world to fulfill their commitment as corporate citizens. Companies such as Nike, Reebok and also Wal-Mart are targeted as corporations interested only by the financial “Bottom Line”.
No Logo also gives an overview [...]

The Economics of Sustainability

Dr. Jeffrey Sachs is a renowned Macroeconomist currently at Columbia University and considered by many a great authority on issues relating to sustainable development.
Any serious person interested in the economics of sustainability should listen to his speech at . His basic argument is that the poorest people in the world are not going to be [...]

Guns, Germs, and Steel – A Review

At the outset of the Guns, Germs and Steel Jared Diamond is asked a simple question by a Papua New Guinean friend: “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo, but we black people had little cargo of our own?” What ensues is a 10,000 year walk through history seeking to explain [...]