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Nov 25th, 2006 at 11:55 am by Susie

Jon Stewart is one of the few media stars to use his powers for good - like this interview with this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner Prof. Muhammad Unus (ht to The Unapologetic Mexican):

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on 25 Nov 2006 at 12:42 pm1Izquierdo

(Yunus).

It’s great that JS had him on, but Stewart could
have included more specifics and substance in
those 6 minutes.
(Like asking Yunus how the whole thing worked, the
size of an average loan, what people did to earn
the repayment funds, etc.)
on 25 Nov 2006 at 4:06 pm2Forest Street

This is something just folks can do as well. Ideal for the holiday season. Visit Kiva:
http://kiva.org/
on 26 Nov 2006 at 9:05 am3grascarp

Previously, Mr Yunus described how he started this micro-lending in the late 1970’s and was able to help poor women in India to begin to stabilize their life and actually start a small, growing business for as little as $27. He found that these smalls loans were being paid back with interest in a timely manner and everyone involved seemed to benefit. What an excellent choice for the Nobel Prize!

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