Book Reviews Reviews of new and notable titles

Future Thirst

Review By Eric Stowe 1

Meeting the world's growing demand for water will require advances in technology that build on 3,000 years of progress.

Spring 2014

Going With the “Idea Flow”

Review By Amir Goldberg 1

An emerging "data-driven" science of human behavior promises to help us understand and solve social problems.

Spring 2014

The Long Race

Review By Sam Goldman

The art of expanding an organization is less about aiming high than about "grinding it out."

Spring 2014

Prepare to Update Your Theory of Change

Review By Timothy Ogden 1

The new book Scarcity provides critical insights for designing better anti-poverty programs, but not for allocating scarce philanthropic resources.

Stories out of School

Review By Mara Sapon-Shevin 2

The movement to reform public schools through competition and testing is a "hoax," according to a one-time promoter of the movement.

Winter 2014