{"id":27028,"date":"2012-03-10T12:09:01","date_gmt":"2012-03-10T19:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/10\/not-surprisingly-microcredit-isnt-that-much-different-than-macrocredit.html"},"modified":"2012-03-10T12:09:01","modified_gmt":"2012-03-10T19:09:01","slug":"not-surprisingly-microcredit-isnt-that-much-different-than-macrocredit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/10\/not-surprisingly-microcredit-isnt-that-much-different-than-macrocredit.html","title":{"rendered":"Not surprisingly, microcredit isn&#39;t that much different than macrocredit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Not surprisingly, microcredit isn&#39;t that much different than macrocredit<\/b><\/p>\n<p>While I think the article takes a too-pessimistic (and institutional) tone, the bottom line is not surprising: credit is used wisely by some, poorly by others. It&#39;s certainly not a panacea, but just as larger scale credit can create a sustainable investment, microcredit can, when offered and used intelligently, create a sustainable, if smaller, investment, too. Throwing money at the problem doesn&#39;t necessarily fix it &#8212; but it&#39;s not going to get fixed without some money to help bring people out of poverty.  #ddtb<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='http:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fimg3.wpdigital.net%2Frf%2Fimage_606w%2F2010-2019%2FWashingtonPost%2F2012%2F03%2F09%2FOutlook%2FVideos%2F03082012-47v%2F03082012-47v.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/microcredit-doesnt-end-poverty-despite-all-the-hype\/2012\/01\/20\/gIQAtrfqzR_story_2.html'>Microcredit doesn\u2019t end poverty, despite all the hype<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhen loans hurt more than they help.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not surprisingly, microcredit isn&#39;t that much different than macrocredit While I think the article takes a too-pessimistic (and institutional) tone, the bottom line is not surprising: credit is used wisely by some, poorly by others. It&#39;s certainly not a panacea, but just as larger scale credit can create a sustainable investment, microcredit can, when offered &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/10\/not-surprisingly-microcredit-isnt-that-much-different-than-macrocredit.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Not surprisingly, microcredit isn&#39;t that much different than 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