I'm sorry, Patrick, I thought I covered this. Can't we unite with the liberals against the common enemy just this once? :)
"Objection: Muhammad Yunus is not Jesus Christ Almighty. His presidency might not represent a real break from the policies of the Washington Consensus. To which the answer is: if so, that makes him a better candidate. If you are trying to overturn a dictatorship, you don't necessarily run the most progressive candidate. You might run a candidate who can unite all the democratic forces. After you've run the dictatorship out of town, there will be plenty of opportunities for food fights among the democratic forces." I also figured that my "brief resume" of Yunus' qualifications would make clear that I was not arguing that he was the greatest thing since sliced bread: "Here is a brief resume of Yunus' qualifications for this position: * He is an economist. * He won the Nobel Peace prize in 2006 in conjunction with the Grameen Bank, for efforts to extend credit to the poor. * He is not an American." http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/6/1/123630/4493
From: Patrick Bond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: PEN-L list <[email protected]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2007 08:35:36 +0900 Subject: [lbo-talk] Announcing Muhammad Yunus' Candidacy to Head the World Bank Robert Naiman wrote: > Announcing Muhammad Yunus' Candidacy to Head the World Bank Hotlist > by Robert Naiman Fri Jun 01, 2007 at 09:43:04 AM PDT > http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/6/1/123630/4493 (with poll) No thanks, comrade Robert... International Journal of Health Services <http://baywood.metapress.com/app/home/journal.asp?referrer=searchresults&id=300313&backto=searcharticlesresults,11,53;> Issue: Volume 37, Number 2 / 2007 <http://baywood.metapress.com/app/home/issue.asp?referrer=searchresults&id=Q27L32T00T58&backto=searcharticlesresults,11,53;> Pages: 229 - 249 *URL:* Linking Options <http://baywood.metapress.com/app/home/linking.asp?referrer=linking&target=contribution&id=9160Q66727253412&backto=contribution,1,1;searcharticlesresults,11,53;> *Microcredit Evangelism, Health, and Social Policy* *Abstract:* The awarding of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize to Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank, provides an opportunity to consider the use and abuse of microfinancing, especially because credit continues to be touted as a poverty-reduction strategy associated with health education and health care financing strategies. Not only is the Grameen diagnosis of poverty dubious, but many structural problems also plague the model, ranging from financial accounting to market failures. In Southern Africa, to illustrate, microcredit schemes for peasants and small farmers have been attempted for more than 70 years, on the basis that modern capitalism and peasant/informal system gaps can be bridged by an expanded financial system. The results have been disappointing. A critical reading of political economy posits an organic linkage between the "developed" and "underdeveloped" economies that is typically not mitigated by capitalist financial markets, but instead is often exacerbated. When applied to health and social policy, microcredit evangelism becomes especially dangerous. (full is available offlist from [EMAIL PROTECTED])
