The Byproducts of the War on Iran
Iran’s control of the Strait of Hormuz affects not just oil and fertilizer, but also the many oil- and gas-based inputs essential to everyday goods.
From Saturday's New York Times:
Microfinance’s Success Sets Off a Debate in Mexico
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For a critique of microcredit, see Microcredit and Women's Poverty, by economists Susan Feiner and Drucilla Barker. The article was included in a volume edited by Farooque Chowdhury, Microcredit: Myth Manufactured (with a preface by Doug Henwood of the Left Business Observer).