Micro-credit Requires Reform
I’d like to address the issue of micro-credit. Though micro-credit has proven to be quite effective in many development projects, it is not the panacea that many once thought it was. This is not...
View ArticleToo Steep to Pay
In a dialog between blogger Marcelino Fuentes and myself, sparked by a recent post on NAFTA, I have found myself to be in complete disagreement with Marcelino’s conclusions. He argues that cheap,...
View ArticleThe Fate of the World
Today is International Women’s Day. To start, it’s important to recognize that women are still the most marginalized majority group in the world today. The statistics tell the story: 70% of the world’s...
View ArticleThe Foot Economy
Upon arriving in Cochabamba, one of the first things I notice is that the sidewalks are full. At mid-day, high school students congest the sidewalks, talking, laughing, flirting, and then walking off...
View ArticleA Garden
After returning home I was struck by a loss of words. There is always the irreconcilable gap that exists between a world falsely divided between First and Third: the scarcity of abundance, the...
View ArticleClosing the Gap
As we push towards a truly green and sustainable revolution, business people and ecologists are increasingly forced to learn one another’s language. Since the inception of environmentalism as a...
View ArticleThe Giant Pool of Money
This post takes its name from this week’s episode of This American Life. As always, these guys do a great job of putting together a solid and informative weekly public radio show, and this particular...
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