Suggested reading:

In the New Testament Jesus says the poor you will always have with you. Given the economy of his time and that of ours, those words are true, but need they continue to be? Muhammad Yunus in his book, Creating a World Without Poverty, demonstrates a way through.
Yunus speaks not just from theory, but theory put into actions that prove his theory. Yunus includes data and statistics to support his theory for those who need them.
Creating a World Without Poverty in paperback for ten dollars and change.

As some of you know my favorite book about Jesus is not the one written by Himself, Benedict XVI, but by Jose Antonio Pagola. Pagola's book has yet to be published in English, but has gone through eight publications in less than 12 months. I don’t know why it has yet to appear in English.

But in the meanwhile I would recommend, What Jesus Meant, by Garry Wills . This book is also in paperback. Wills' text is in the spirit of my favorite book about Jesus, though not as in depth.
If it wets your appetite for more accurate knowledge about Jesus follow up with The First Paul by Marcus J.Borg and John Dominic Crossan.