Wallet Activism

I really loved how concrete this book was. Very rarely is a personal finance book going to discuss NIMBYism and gentrification, or to clearly articulate the complex overlapping circumstances of trying to “do good” with money. Hester also does a great job in my opinion of emphasizing that personal choices can't eclipse the need for system level policy change, but that consumer behavior can in some circumstances exert influence. She also pulls in more than just climate and environment, including considerations of labor rights, racial justice, international development, and social justice in evals of consumer choices.

This book gave me some achievable goals for 2022 and a better framework for evaluating the behavior of companies and my choices as a person who buys stuff (which we all are).