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Social Entrepreneurship and Enterprises in Economic and Social Development
Katharine Briar-Lawson · 2020
81/100
👍 Worth It
Oxford University Press put its name behind this one, and it shows — a genuinely useful blend of social work and business thinking on ventures trying to do good while staying solvent. It leans heavily on examples from one university's program, so it's less globally sweeping than the pitch suggests, but the core framework holds up.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety95
Substance / usefulness84
Craft & writing78
Originality75
Evidence & accuracy84
Hype vs delivers78
Age-fit74
Human-eye read82
Penny’s verdict81
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