Karthik Tadepalli, an insightful author on economic growth and effective altruism, explores the vital intersection of growth theory and its impacts on global development and AI. He curates a reading list tailored for effective altruists, emphasizing important foundational concepts. Tadepalli discusses contrasting growth theories, highlights challenges in developing nations, and examines how resource misallocation affects productivity. His analysis provides a framework for understanding how economic models can inform contemporary societal issues.