| 內容簡介 | Micro-lending, capitalism, and off-shoring are the topics of discussion in this compilation of NewsHour segments. Nobel Laureate Mohammad Yunus, economist Hernando de Soto, and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Thomas L. Friedman are featured.
Episodes include…
• Bootstrap Capitalism: Paul Solman and Mohammad Yunus discuss the merits of micro-lending using U.S.-based Good Faith, a venture capital lender to start-ups with no collateral, as an example. Segment also sold individually.
• Small Change, Big Change—Micro-loans: Paul Solman is joined by Maria Otero, of micro-lender Accion International, and Carl Horowitz, Washington correspondent for Investor’s Business Daily, to debate the value and implications of “trickle-up” economic growth through micro-loans.
• Conversation—The Mystery of Capital: Elizabeth Farnsworth and Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto discuss his book The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else. Segment also sold as a part of Explaining Globalization.
• Thomas L. Friedman’s Journal—Sri Lanka and India: Back from a reporting trip to Sri Lanka and India, New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman joins Ray Suarez to talk about, among other topics, Bangalore’s role as the back office to U.S. firms.
• Mohammad Yunus and the Nobel Peace Prize: Fred de Sam Lazaro and Nobel Prize-winner Mohammad Yunus discuss the success of Grameen Bank, after which Jeffrey Brown interviews Maria Otero, of Accion International, on Yunus’ success.
• Mohammad Yunus on the Impact of Microfinance: Paul Solman speaks with Mohammad Yunus about microfinance and micro-entrepreneurship, the bond of trust between lender and borrower, and the entry of the private sector into micro-lending.
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