uh one is factfulness by the late Hans Rosling. Uh this is a book that just brings global health data to to to the world. It's say the core argument of the book is something like in order to prioritize correctly we need to understand the world accurately. And then for me uh Hans Rosling's site gap minder was one of the things that got me very excited about this work back in 2006.
Answering The Ezra Klein Show's closing question, three books to recommend, in “The Simplest Way to Save Lives With Your Money” (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-elie-hassenfeld.html). Quoted from the episode's YouTube auto-captions.
Uh second book poor economics by Esther Duffel and Abig Banerjee. They're two of the founding members of this randomized control trial movement in development economics. And this book gives an overview of of their work and the ideas behind this work. And this work that's no not just them but people like Michael Kramer, Rachel Glennister, Dean Carlin, Ted Miguel.
Answering The Ezra Klein Show's closing question, three books to recommend, in “The Simplest Way to Save Lives With Your Money” (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-elie-hassenfeld.html). Quoted from the episode's YouTube auto-captions.
And then finally a book called Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Buu. uh she spent years in uh in Anawadi. It's an informal urban settlement sometimes known as a slum near the Mumbai airport and it just paints a very vivid picture of what life is like in poverty. I
Answering The Ezra Klein Show's closing question, three books to recommend, in “The Simplest Way to Save Lives With Your Money” (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-elie-hassenfeld.html). Quoted from the episode's YouTube auto-captions.
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