Buenos Aires Yes, I’m in Buenos Aires. The weather is overcast and cool, because it’s winter in the Southern Cone after all. I can see the impact of inflation everywhere. $3.50 for an expresso doble now, a special tourist visa for Americans and Canadians since 2009, remis from the airport now almost a third to …
Author: wade
Mega Troubles for Microfinance
Buenos Aires Today ACORN International released a shocking report, Mega Troubles for Microfinance (www.acorninternational.org), as the result of months and years of first skepticism and now study of the claims and contradictions of the industry. In a letter to policy makers, politicians, and development agencies throughout the world, signed by ACORN International President Kay Bisnah …
Enforcing Adequate Medicaid Cover for the Poor
New Orleans Reading the report was one of those Sports Center “come on, man!” moments. This couldn’t be true. The top Democratic were filing an amicus curia (friend of the court) brief with the Supreme Court to try to overturn the Obama Administration’s efforts to allow cutting the standards of health protection under Medicaid for …