It is not our intention to give an evenly paced view of the last century. Rather, it is to look at
current concerns taking the longer view of where we have come from–to understand the …

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 …

The Commission on Macroeconomics and Health report (Sachs report) of 2001 has been
heralded as inspiring and groundbreaking and is being adopted as the blueprint for global …

The movement to promote a culture of health bears many similarities to another large-scale
and ambitious effort from more than fifty years ago: President Lyndon Johnson's War on …

First published in 1989, The Undeserving Poor was a critically acclaimed and enormously
influential account of America's enduring debate about poverty. Taking stock of the last …

Clara Miller, President of the FB Heron Foundation: The Alternative, is not only important
reading, it's imperative. Miller, a trained engineer, the one-time manager of a top social …

This guide questions conventional thinking about wealth and poverty--is the opposite of
poverty really wealth, or is it safety and sufficiency? Drawing on experience of poor people …