NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The informal economy is a diversified set of economic activities that are unprotected and unregulated by the state. A report released by EAT and the University of Illinois Chicago’s Center for Urban Economic Development found that 48 percent of Black informal workers reported jobs paying a regular paycheck were not available to them.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Law Psychology Poverty 132

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Even philanthropists working on the economic issues of jobs and incomes tend to sidestep the root problem of how to strengthen an economy’s productive capabilities. It diverts our attention from the core challenge of building high-value production, which developing countries themselves know is the key to their prosperity.

Production 132

Production Entrepreneurship Agriculture Education 132

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

RR: The book is based on your discovery that everyone’s “economic issues are also emotional ones.” Poverty, debt, and inequality are crucial to me. But on the other hand, you can see that in a country without universal healthcare, all it takes is a cancer diagnosis to decimate your wealth. Most businesses don’t make it!

Manufacturing 144

Manufacturing Public and Social Policy Psychology Poverty 144