Readings

• Chambers, Robert. 1984. Rural Development: Putting the Last First. New York: Longman (skim the first part, but read in earnest from page 10 on).
• Jesse Drucker. 2025. How the Trump Administration is giving even more tax breaks to the wealthy. November 8, New York Times. 

Lecture material

• Lecture page from week 9: Community Development and Social Capital
• Community development and social welfare, compared
• Welfare by any other name …