LITERARY AGENT
The Christopher Ferebee Agency, 2834 Hamner Ave, Norco, CA 92860
BOOKS
Shrewd Samaritan: Faith, Economics, and the Road to Loving our Global Neighbor (Thomas Nelson/W/HarperCollins, 2019)
How can ordinary people foster human flourishing among the poor in meaningful and effective ways? How can we give, guided not only with our hearts, but by our minds? This book builds on two biblical parables, the Good Samaritan and the Shrewd Manager to explore the relationship between those living in wealthy countries with the global poor as they move through stages of Ignorance, Indifference, Idealism, Investigation, Introspection, Impact, and Identity. It synthesizes the best academic research around the causes of poverty and critiques and recommends a variety of causes and programs to which ordinary people can donate their time and money, then concludes with roles we can each play in loving our global neighbor.
The Taste of Many Mountains (Thomas Nelson/HarperCollins, 2014)
A fiction novel based on a true story, The Taste of Many Mountains is about the journey of four graduate students assigned to follow the trail of coffee beans from a peasant coffee grower in the Guatemalan highlands to a café in San Francisco. As their journey illuminates the extremes of wealth and poverty in the coffee market, they encounter a series of life-changing events that cause them to reconsider the purpose and meaning of their lives in a globalized world. (Click here to see a short video documentary on the book.)
Games in Economic Development (Cambridge University Press, 2008)
Chapters: 1 Economic Development, Interdependence, and Incentives; 2 Games; 3 Development Traps and Coordination Games; 4 Rural Poverty; Development, and the Environment; 5 Risk, Solidarity Networks, and Reciprocity; 6 Understanding Agrarian Institutions; 7 Savings, Credit, and Microfinance; 8 Social Learning and Technology Adoption; 9 Property Rights, Governance, and Corruption; 10 Conflict, Violence, and Development; 11 Social Capital; 12 The Political Economy of Trade and Development.
Download Sample Chapter. Browse on amazon.com or Cambridge University Press website.
BLOG: ACROSS TWO WORLDS (AcrossTwoWorlds.net)
CHRISTIANITY TODAY ARTICLES
"Will They Know We are Christians by our Love or by our Reckless Obsession with Liberty?" Christianity Today, Better Samaritan Blog, January 27, 2022.
"Why Hope is Essential to Transforming Poverty" Christianity Today Blog Forum, January 15, 2021
"Fighting the Pandemic with our Hearts and our Smarts" Christianity Today, October 23, 2020
"The Protestant Ethic Really Does Fight Poverty" Christianity Today, June 21, 2018
"Secrets of Effective Giving" Christianity Today, November 27, 2017
"Millennials and Strategic Bridge-Burning" Christianity Today, September 25, 2017
"The Best Ways to Help the Poor" Christianity Today, October 16, 2016
"Five Poverty Busters You Should Know" Christianity Today, December 29, 2015
"The Secret Ingredient to Poverty Relief" Christianity Today, November 23, 2015
"Trust, Poverty, and Mexico" Christianity Today, May 22, 2015
"Welcome to the Golden Age of Charity: Review of 'A Path Appears' Christianity Today, February 25, 2015
"Border Crisis = Church Opportunity" Christianity Today, January 8, 2015
"Sinister Tips for Mission Trips" Christianity Today, June 18, 2014
"Why We Give (or Don't): Understanding our Motives for Giving" Christianity Today, February 21, 2014
"Should I Give a Cow or Cash for Christmas?" Christianity Today, December 16, 2013
"Want to Change the World? Sponsor a Child" Christianity Today, June 2013
“The Best Ways to Fight Poverty—Really: Evaluating the 10 Most Popular Strategies for Helping the Poor” Christianity Today, February 2012
“Prophets Against Profits? What Occupy Wall Street Misses” Christianity Today, October 10, 2011
HUFFINGTON POST ARTICLES
"A Letter to my Evangelical Friends about Donald Trump" Huffington Post, March 31, 2016
"10 Reasons Why Fair-Trade Coffee Doesn't Work" Huffington Post, August 7, 2014
WORLD BANK BLOG POSTS
"Does Child Sponsorship Pay Off In Adulthood?" World Bank Let's Talk Development Blog, April 20, 2016
"Is My NGO Having a Positive Impact?" World Bank Evaluating Impact Blog, February 3, 2016
"Impact as Narrative" World Bank Evaluating Impact Blog, January 7, 2015
"Measuring Hope" World Bank Evaluating Impact Blog, April 18, 2013
"Evaluating the Best Ways to Give to the Poor" World Bank Evaluating Impact Blog, February 21, 2012
NEWSPAPER OP-ED PIECES
"What President Trump Can Learn from the Golden State Warriors" San Francisco Chronicle, June 16, 2017
“What a Beautiful Mind Left Behind: In Remembrance of John Nash" San Francisco Chronicle, May 28, 2015
“Will the World Economy Every Resemble the World Cup?" San Francisco Chronicle, June 22, 2014
“Myth-Busting Election Economics" San Francisco Chronicle (Cover Story, Insight Magazine), October 14, 2012
“Adopt Lessons from Sports to Decrease Drug Demand” San Francisco Chronicle, December 20, 2010
”Why Bank Bonuses are Bad and Boring Banks are Better" San Jose Mercury News, February 16, 2010
“An F in Health Care Economics” Davis Enterprise, December 31, 2009
“Health Care and the Free Market: Never the Twain Shall Meet” San Jose Mercury News, August 23, 2009
“The Economics Behind Disappearing Newspapers” San Francisco Chronicle, April 13, 2009
“Test Your Economic Meltdown IQ” San Francisco Chronicle, August 24, 2008
“Has the Invisible Hand Let Us Down?” Davis Enterprise, November 23, 2008
“Economic Ideas for Obama” San Jose Mercury News, August 28, 2008
“Microfinance Questions” Davis Enterprise, August 24, 2008
“A Free-Trade Policy for Democrats” San Diego Union-Tribune, April 28, 2008
“It’s Time to Start a Food Fight” (Op-Ed on the November 2007 Farm Bill) Davis Enterprise, November 25, 2007
“Sunk Costs and the War: What to Do? For Starters Look Ahead” USA Today, August 15, 2007
“More Sunk-Cost Thinking on the War” (Review of USA Today Op-Ed) by Stephen Dubner New York Times Freakonomics Blog, August 20, 2007
“Globalization and the Poor: Reflections of a Christian Economist” PRISM Magazine, March/April 2007
“A Beautiful Mind, Indeed” Davis Enterprise, 3/31/2002
"The Case for a New Affirmative Action" San Francisco Chronicle, 7/19/2001
PRISM MAGAZINE
"Why Shouldn't We GiveDirectly? PRISM Magazine, April 1, 2014
“An RSVP to a Tea Party Invitation” PRISM Magazine, November/December 2010
“Where Your Treasure Is” PRISM Magazine, March/April 2009
“Win-win: What Game Theory Can Teach us About Environmentally Sustainable Development” Jetwork, October 2008
“Sex and Social Justice” PRISM Magazine, September/October 2008
“Holy Mammon: Why Microfinance is Leading the Fight Against Poverty” PRISM Magazine, September/October 2007
“Globalization and the Poor: Reflections of a Christian Economist” PRISM Magazine, March/April 2007
OTHER MAGAZINE ARTICLES
“Microfinance: Where Faith and Works Can Walk Hand in Hand” Urbi et Orbi, Spring 2010
"Weighing in on the Health Care Debate" Comment Magazine, November 9, 2009
“Hand-to-hand Combat vs. Hand-Eye Coordination: An Essay on Diversity” Comment Magazine, May 22, 2009
BOOK CHAPTER
"Economics as if Jesus Mattered" in Festschrift in Honor of Ronald J. Sider (2013) Regnum Books
BOOK REVIEWS
Review of Poor Economics by A. Banerjee and E. Duflo and More Than Good Intentions by D. Karlan and J. Apel, PRISM Magazine, Jan-Feb 2013
Review of Money, Greed, and God by Jay W. Richards, PRISM Magazine, Jan-Feb 2008
Review of Hope in Troubled Times by Bob Goudzwaard, Mark Vander Vennen, and David Van Heemst, PRISM Magazine, July/August 2007
Review of The Social Economics of Poverty (Christopher Barrett, ed.) New York: Routledge, Faith and Economics, Spring 2006