Wiley · July 2026

Investing
in America

Meet the innovators expanding access to financing so more people can turn their hard work into opportunity.

Antony Bugg-Levine  ·  Wiley  ·  July 2026

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"It's time we harness the full power of our vast investments to renew faith in an American dream that works for everyone."

About the Book

America built the world's most dynamic economy. Now let's make it work for everyone.

For millions of Americans, full-time work no longer guarantees financial security, homeownership feels out of reach, and opportunity depends too much on who you are or where you live.

Investing in America tells the inspiring stories of the innovators addressing these shared challenges by providing fair financing solutions to overlooked people and communities. From Maine to California, Alaska to Florida, and 38 states in between, these examples show a new way to solve seemingly intractable challenges. The book describes what a reader with a savings account, $1, and an internet connection can do to Invest in America themselves.

Expanding access to finance alone will not solve these challenges. But solving them will be impossible unless we do.

This patriotic, bipartisan, and optimistic book shows how we can get that done.

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About the Author

Antony Bugg-Levine

Antony Bugg-Levine has spent 25 years working on a question that cuts across politics and ideology: how do we put the world's vast investment capital to work solving our deepest problems?

He coined the term "impact investing" at a 2007 Rockefeller Foundation convening, co-founded the Global Impact Investing Network, and co-wrote the field's first book. He led one of America's largest community development finance institutions for nearly a decade, and today advises foundations and family offices on becoming more discerning, decisive, and ambitious impact investors.

His path to this work began in post-apartheid South Africa, where he worked at the Human Rights Commission and wrote speeches for President Nelson Mandela and wound through East Africa and stints helping Fortune 100 CEOs and helping to lead a Wall Street asset management firm. He teaches at Columbia Business School and holds degrees from Yale and Princeton.

This book is one grateful immigrant's 250th-birthday gift to the country that has given him and his family so much.

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From the Blog

Ideas & Insights

September 2026

Build More Homes. Finance Them Better.

The new bipartisan housing law can help America build more homes. Antony argues that fair financing must now reach the people and projects that can make that housing affordable and widely owned, and profiles the innovators showing how.

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August 2026

Learning Modules: A Conversation on Investing in America

Antony sat down for a wide-ranging interview with Beri Meric for the Ivy community that covered his personal journey and motivation, what it means to invest in America, and how everyone can participate in this movement.

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August 2026

As Local Banks Vanish, Foundations Should Fill the Lending Gap

In a new op-ed for The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Antony argues that foundations, with more than $8 trillion in combined investment assets and often greater flexibility to invest in pursuit of mission, can light the path for Investing in America.

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On the Road

Moments

Antony Bugg-Levine signing copies of Investing in America in Chicago

June 2026 · Chicago

Meeting the book baby

Antony flew to Chicago to finally hold a finished copy — thanks to the Wiley team for getting copies from the printer to this pre-launch event in time.

A backpack packed with copies of Investing in America, and a map of the walking route from Penn Station to the Upper West Side

July 2026 · New York

A labor of love

A client asked Antony to bring 20 copies of the book to a dinner meeting with their investors and other partners. So he put them in his backpack and hand-delivered them with a trek from Penn Station to the Upper West Side on a beautiful summer afternoon.