Patrick Bond writes: > "Turning peasant women into mini-capitalists is just furthering the reach of > finance capital and shifting the burden of risk to a class who already bear > the brunt of poverty without safety nets. ...
A former member of my department presented a paper about micro-lending. At least for the loans he was talking about, the community was given a major role in making sure that the loans were paid back. That seems guaranteed to tear communities apart. -- Jim Devine / "Nobody told me there'd be days like these / Strange days indeed -- most peculiar, mama." -- JL. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
