The promise of neoliberalism was to liberate individuals from state regulation to better enable individuals to succeed in market competition. Firms’ profits would increase, and wealth would trickle ...
“Microfinance” comprises financial services, the most familiar of which are loans of $50 to $1500 that enable the borrower to launch or expand a business. In Bangladesh, many microfinance programs are ...
In country after country around the world, people are rising up to challenge entrenched, failing neoliberal political and economic systems, with mixed but sometimes promising results. Progressive ...
While much of the world recoils at the turmoil in markets, the upending of the global economy and the overwhelming uncertainty, I am feeling an odd sense of calm. Why? Because I am a proud neoliberal, ...
A few months before the coronavirus shut down the world, Chile exploded against neoliberalism. A World Bank economist, Sebastian Edwards, was on the ground to record the rebellion: On Oct 18, 2019, ...
The burden of proof that microfinance makes any meaningful contribution to poverty reduction remains squarely with its practitioners. This is a high hurdle: a country achieving fast economic growth is ...
In country after country around the world, people are rising up to challenge entrenched, failing neoliberal political and economic systems, with mixed but sometimes promising results. Progressive ...
Why do some societies try to turn education into a commodity, while others recognize it as a necessary social good? In this interview, Bob Kuttner speaks with Cathie Martin, professor of political ...
It is fashionable these days to dunk on markets. Show me something bad in the world and I’ll show you someone blaming it on “neoliberalism”. Our collective failure to tackle climate change – that’s ...
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