Dr. Yunus at GW

[Tom6a]

I was able to hear Dr. Yunus speak at George Washington University in
Washington DC this week. I took an audio recorder and tried to
capture as much of the speech as possible. I typed a rough transcript
here:

http://prosperlending.blogspot.com/2009/02/muhammad-yunus-speaks-at-george.html

It was a fascinating speech.

[Jeff Mowatt]

Hi Tom, Reading the link, I wondered if you'd seen the Huff Post article about the new head of the US Treasury today http://www.huffingtonpost.com/vivian-norris-de-montaigu/timothy-geithner-and-his_b_164192.html The journalist here seems to focus on microfinance related issues so she's worth marking for further posts. Jeff  --- On Fri, 6/2/09, Tom6a <tomt...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Tom Tolman]

Thanks Jeff.  I had not seen that news.  I also didn't know that President Obama's mother was so involved in microcredit.

I personally think microcredit could be successful without the government's money.  I do, however, think we need to remove many of the regulations and laws that inhibit microcredit.  (See the first question Dr. Yunus answered for one example.)

[christopher macrae]

yup we http://futurecapitalism.ning.com/profiles/members/ think vivian is hugely good news for micro chris macrae dc 301 881 1655     help http://obamauni.com connect some youth leadership quests eg Yes We Can Inauguration week 3- youth Leaders Quest 1 - Obama MG doc <>GWU Quest network1 <>Clinton Uni -please mail in...@worldcitizen.tv if you have a link to this  --- On Fri, 6/2/09, Jeff Mowatt <jeff....@btinternet.com> wrote: