Reframing Poverty: New Thinking and Feeling about Humanity's Greatest Challenge
Written by Eric Meade
Narrated by Bob Brill
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About this audiobook
We typically view poverty as a technical problem we can solve with more money, more technology, and more volunteers. But there is an adaptive side to the problem of poverty as well. Reframing Poverty directs our attention to the emotional and often unconscious mindsets we bring to this issue. Meade's approach is as unique as it is challenging. Rather than trite tips or tricks, he offers a series of nested insights from diverse fields like political science, physics, complexity theory, and psychology. Most importantly, he provides a path of self-exploration for those eager to become the kind of people who can successfully navigate the tensions of a world in need.
*Winner of FIVE awards, including a Silver Nautilus Book Award and an Independent Press Award.
"Engaging and engrossing ... avoids simple answers in favor of real insights into the roots of poverty." (CLARION REVIEWS)
"A provocative book that upends conventional thinking and forces the reader to think deeply about what poverty is." (ERIC NEE, Editor-in-Chief, Stanford Social Innovation Review)
Eric Meade
ERIC MEADE is a futurist, speaker, and consultant serving nonprofits, foundations, and government agencies. He teaches graduate courses on strategic planning and social innovation at American University's School of International Service in Washington, DC. he is the award-winning author of two books:-Reframing Poverty: New Thinking and Feeling About Humanity's Greatest Challenge-Whole Mind Facilitation: How to Lead Workshops That Change People, Organizations, and the WorldHe lives in Superior, Colorado. Visit him at www.ericmeade.com.
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5A lot of blaming the poor for their poverty without a serious look into the lack of adequate resources available to them.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book is a critical must read/listen. It has changed me, for the better. Thank you to the author for contributing this to the world.