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Investable!
When Pandemic Risk Meets Speculative Finance—A Cautionary Tale
ISBN: 9780262549356
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 20, 2025
A critical and sobering look at how international bankers and investors turn pandemics into investment opportunities, and what we stand to lose when we rely on “innovative finance.”
Good Will Corrupting
Social Norms and the Trouble of Intervention
ISBN: 9780262552301
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 6, 2025
A fascinating investigation of the social norm movement and the implications of a powerful collective pursuing radical social change through contentious interventions across the Global South.
Rebel Health
A Field Guide to the Patient-Led Revolution in Medical Care
ISBN: 9780262553001
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 4, 2025
An action-oriented and radically hopeful field guide to the underground, patient-led revolution for better health and health care.
Ebola's Message
Public Health and Medicine in the Twenty-First Century
ISBN: 9780262553421
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 26, 2024
Interdisciplinary perspectives on the science, politics, and ethics of the 2013–2015 Ebola virus disease outbreak.
Jobs, Health, and the Meaning of Work
Jobs, Health, and the Meaning of Work
ISBN: 9780262548694
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 6, 2024
A first-of-its-kind analysis using public health and economics research to illuminate how jobs affect our well-being.
Trace Metals and Infectious Diseases
Trace Metals and Infectious Diseases
ISBN: 9780262552486
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: June 11, 2024
Experts explore the influence of trace metals on the pathogenesis of infectious diseases.
Sex and the Planet
What Opt-In Reproduction Could Do for the Globe
ISBN: 9780262547987
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 28, 2024
What if human reproduction was always elective? A prominent bioethicist speculates about the possibilities—and the likely consequences.
Crowded Out
The True Costs of Crowdfunding Healthcare
ISBN: 9780262548038
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 21, 2024
An eye-opening investigation into charitable crowdfunding for healthcare in the United States—and the consequences of allowing healthcare access to be decided by the digital crowd.
Underbelly
Childhood Diarrhea and the Hidden Local Realities of Global Health
ISBN: 9780262547765
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 14, 2024
An unsettling exploration of the hidden power dynamics of global health, seen through the lens of childhood diarrhea and its treatment within the Guatemalan context.
Inducing Immunity?
Justifying Immunization Policies in Times of Vaccine Hesitancy
ISBN: 9780262547796
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 26, 2024
Why immunization must be made mandatory in times of vaccine hesitancy, and how we can design and implement immunization policies in a practical, trustworthy, and democratic way.
Investable!
When Pandemic Risk Meets Speculative Finance—A Cautionary Tale
ISBN: 9780262549356
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 20, 2025
A critical and sobering look at how international bankers and investors turn pandemics into investment opportunities, and what we stand to lose when we rely on “innovative finance.”
Good Will Corrupting
Social Norms and the Trouble of Intervention
ISBN: 9780262552301
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 6, 2025
A fascinating investigation of the social norm movement and the implications of a powerful collective pursuing radical social change through contentious interventions across the Global South.
Rebel Health
A Field Guide to the Patient-Led Revolution in Medical Care
ISBN: 9780262553001
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 4, 2025
An action-oriented and radically hopeful field guide to the underground, patient-led revolution for better health and health care.
Ebola's Message
Public Health and Medicine in the Twenty-First Century
ISBN: 9780262553421
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 26, 2024
Interdisciplinary perspectives on the science, politics, and ethics of the 2013–2015 Ebola virus disease outbreak.
Jobs, Health, and the Meaning of Work
Jobs, Health, and the Meaning of Work
ISBN: 9780262548694
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 6, 2024
A first-of-its-kind analysis using public health and economics research to illuminate how jobs affect our well-being.
Trace Metals and Infectious Diseases
Trace Metals and Infectious Diseases
ISBN: 9780262552486
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: June 11, 2024
Experts explore the influence of trace metals on the pathogenesis of infectious diseases.
Sex and the Planet
What Opt-In Reproduction Could Do for the Globe
ISBN: 9780262547987
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 28, 2024
What if human reproduction was always elective? A prominent bioethicist speculates about the possibilities—and the likely consequences.
Crowded Out
The True Costs of Crowdfunding Healthcare
ISBN: 9780262548038
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 21, 2024
An eye-opening investigation into charitable crowdfunding for healthcare in the United States—and the consequences of allowing healthcare access to be decided by the digital crowd.
Underbelly
Childhood Diarrhea and the Hidden Local Realities of Global Health
ISBN: 9780262547765
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 14, 2024
An unsettling exploration of the hidden power dynamics of global health, seen through the lens of childhood diarrhea and its treatment within the Guatemalan context.
Inducing Immunity?
Justifying Immunization Policies in Times of Vaccine Hesitancy
ISBN: 9780262547796
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 26, 2024
Why immunization must be made mandatory in times of vaccine hesitancy, and how we can design and implement immunization policies in a practical, trustworthy, and democratic way.