OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives on X
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Secretary-General: @MathiasCormann

Ghost Work: How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass
Mary L. Gray
💭 "Delivering services & jobs on demand could be an integral part of the future of #work. It could also have unintended, potentially disastrous consequences." Read the article by Mary L. Gray @marylgray & Siddharth Suri @ssuri, authors of "Ghost Work" ⤵️ https://t.co/DAnkfsNKiD
Hardcover, 2019
$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Innovation in Real Places: Strategies for Prosperity in an Unforgiving World
Dan Breznitz
💭 “#Innovation is the complete process of taking new ideas and devising new or improved products and services.” 💡 📚 This weekend, read the excerpt from @dbreznitz’s book “Innovation in Real Places” ⤵️ https://fal.cn/3kmYH
Hardcover, 2021
$34.99$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Going Remote: How the Flexible Work Economy Can Improve Our Lives and Our Cities
Matthew E. Kahn
How will the widespread experiment with #WorkFromHome influence US economic geography over the next decades❓👩💻 Read the excerpt from the book "Going Remote", by Economics Professor at @USC Matthew E. Kahn @mattkahn1966, to find out 👇 https://t.co/St0vRs1jrO
Hardcover, 2022
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Good-Enough Life
Avram Alpert
🗣️ “Desiring greatness makes a lot of sense, but it also generates the anxieties and paradoxes of the world we live in.” On #WorldHappinessDay, read the excerpt from 'The Good-Enough Life' (@PrincetonUPress) by @avramalpert ⤵️ https://t.co/zmfhDumW7D
Paperback, 2023
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Key
Kathryn Hughes
🗣️"The key to unlocking the transformative potential of #telemedicine lies in the close-knit collaboration among all stakeholders." On World Telecommunication & Information Society Day, read the piece by @IvanPoltavets & Kathryn Hughes of @TELUS ⤵️ https://t.co/SeBl9AJYLa #WTISD
Paperback, 2018
$13.99$6.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Getting Skills Right: Future-Ready Adult Learning Systems
Oecd
Due to #Covid19 there is urgent need for #AdultLearning. But #PIAAC suggests that less than 5️⃣ 0️⃣ % of adults in 🇺🇸 & 🇪🇺 take part. Learn more at "Innovative approaches for future-ready adult learning systems" with @OECD_Social @JPMorgan @Chase: https://t.co/y3LVGclgYD https://t.co/9LASIBfZs6
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My Place in God's World: 52-Week Devotional for Boys Ages 6-9
Lynn Marie-Ittn Klammer
Eco. Survey of #NewZealand has been released! Boosting #productivity by enhancing diffusion of #digital technologies & increasing efforts to reduce GHG #emissions are key policy priorities going forward. ➡ https://oe.cd/4j6 @MathiasCormann @grantrobertson1 @DavidClarkNZ https://t.co/C6MD5hY6Ak
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City of Refugees: The Story of Three Newcomers Who Breathed Life Into a Dying American Town
Susan Hartman
#Refugees are transforming cities across the US, bringing new life to towns like Utica, NY. 🏙️ 📖 Read the excerpt from "City of Refugees: The Story of Three Newcomers Who Breathed Life into a Dying American Town", by Susan Hartman ⤵️ https://fal.cn/3pBoq #WorldRefugeeDay
Paperback, 2023
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Tomger Publishing
Finance for women's empowerment ♀️ Countries that give the highest shares of aid for #GenderEquality: Iceland 🇮🇸 & Canada 🇨🇦 88% Ireland 🇮🇪 80% The Netherlands 🇳🇱 79% Sweden 🇸🇪 77% Belgium 🇧🇪 76% Learn more in the new #ODA data snapshot by @OECDdev ➡️ https://fal.cn/3nYcV https://t.co/XKeThH2CLY
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Automation Anxiety: Why and How to Save Work
Cynthia Estlund
🦾 As #automation advances, how might we sustain inclusive & democratic societies in a “future of less #work” ❓ 💡 In this excerpt from her book “#Automation Anxiety” Cynthia Estlund discusses 3⃣ Big Ideas for a good life in a more automated future. 👇 https://fal.cn/3muv8
Hardcover, 2021
$45.99$23.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book