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24 alternatives to A Modest Proposal

A philosophical satire on fighting poverty...with blood.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. A Modest Proposal launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Famine, Affluence, and Morality▲60

   Peter Singer's essay on moral obligations, near and far

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Revisionist History by Malcolm Gladwell▲58

   Food Fight: closing the gap between rich and poor

   2016 · pushkin.fm · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Youngblood▲71

   The moral complexity of war & its psychological toll

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Life You Can Save▲60

   Ending world poverty is within our reach

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Haline▲76

   Hunger Games meets Climate Change

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Feed▲59

   Satire about the future where people put chip on their heads

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work▲64

   A bold new manifesto for life after capitalism.

   2016 · versobooks.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Two Book Minimum - Jason Porter / Subhah Argarwal▲66

   Discussing "Why Are You So Sad?" with a sad & a funny comic

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Scarcity▲71

   Why having too little means so much

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Letters From A Stoic▲78

    "It is philosophy that has the duty of protecting us..."

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Theory of Moral Sentiments▲58

    Ethics and charity from...wait, Adam Smith?

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Dark Matter of the Mind▲67

    The Culturally Articulated Unconscious

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Power of Ideals▲62

    The Real Story of Moral Choice

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny▲55

    The idea of greater non-zero-sum beneffitting the world

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Essentialism▲80

    The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite▲72

    Turning logic and common sense on its head

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Rebel Way▲77

    More than a book. A movement to change your future.

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Gutshot: Stories▲128

    Isolation and coupling are pushed to their dark edges

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Start Something That Matters▲65

    “A creative and open-hearted business model for our times.”

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Essentialism▲70

    The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Financial Lives of the Poets▲68

    A Great Recession novel - clever, poignant, funny

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Waking Up with Sam Harris - The Virtues of Cold Blood: A Conversation with Paul Bloom▲55

    Sam and Paul explore "the dark side of empathy"

    2015 · samharris.org · its alternatives →

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    Doing Good Better▲127

    How effective altruism can help you make a difference

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West ▲67

    An epic of the violence and depravity of Manifest Destiny

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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