The Fix : How Countries Use Crises to Solve the World's Worst Problems (Paperback)

from JanesList

I received this book as part of the LibraryThing Early Reviewers program. In it, the author looks at some of the big problems in the world, and then finds specific instances of countries and leaders finding solutions. The premise is good, the solutions he finds are interesting, but ultimately I w...

from AzureMountain

Thank goodness for a book with something positive to say about solving the world's problems. A refreshing read. The author does not gloss over or sugar coat the challenges facing the global community today, but neither does he throw up his hands and point to someone to blame. Instead, he dives de...

from vpfluke

This is a wide ranging book on the state of affairs in the world (not so good), but tempered by stories of places where some things have worked. This includes wealth redistribution in Brazil, immigration in Canada, Indonesia and Islam, Rwanda's reconciliation after its horrible genocidal civil wa...

from rivkat

Free early reviewer book. Different solutions to difficult problems from around the world-if you want some cautious optimism, this might be a source, though whether these are all triumphs or replicable remains up for debate. Policies: Anti-poverty cash programs in Brazil; Canada's immigration pol...

from LTietz

The Fix: How Nations Survive and Thrive in a World in Decline, by Jonathan Tepperman, is both engrossing and highly readable. The author begins by listing and describing our global society's biggest problems: inequality, immigration, Islamic extremism, civil war, corruption, the "resource curse,"...