Maximizing Progress: Land Rush ~ International Aquisitions in Africa...

Interests & Activities

Prime Interests

GlobalTIES, Media Lab Entrepreneurship Program, Media Lab India Initiatives, Translational Ventures Offerings, Innovation Ecosystems Offerings, Responsive Cities, Emerging Market Innovations, Development Ventures, MIT Innovation Tours

Extracurricular Interests

MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition, MIT Innovation Club, MIT Africa Business Club, MIT SEID, MIT Global Startup Workshop, Muddy Charles Pub

General Interests

International Development Initiative, International Development Guide, Global Health Initiative, Enterprise Forum Global

Joost's Library

David Landes's Wealth and Poverty of Nations
Paul Pollak's Out of Poverty
Norman Augustine's Augustine's Laws
C K Prahalad's Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid
Richard Florida's The Flight of the Creative Class
Richard Florida's Who's Your City?
Julian Simon's The State of Humanity
Thomas Friedman's The Lexus and the Olive Tree
Peter Bauer's From Subsistence to Exchange
Jay Forrester's World Dynamics
Julian Simon's Ultimate Resource
David Landes's Unbound Prometheus
Rosenberg & Birdzell's How the West Grew Rich
Pomeranz & Topik's The World That Trade Created
Hernando de Soto's Mystery of Capital
Hernando de Soto's Other Path
Jeffrey Sachs's Common Wealth
Paul Collier's The Bottom Billion
Joel Mokyr's The Lever of Riches
Martin Wolf's Why Globalization Works