
Reading List: Mara Kardas-Nelson
How did microfinance become a craze championed by bleeding-heart progressives to Global South economists, American presidents, and business executives?

How did microfinance become a craze championed by bleeding-heart progressives to Global South economists, American presidents, and business executives?

Western tech companies in Africa often claim to be "social entrepreneurs." But do their models reduce or contribute to inequality?

The microcredit industry is not a driver of development and poverty reduction, but quite the opposite: it is an "anti-developmental" intervention.