Muhammad Yunus

There are some talks by Muhammad Yunus up on SIConversations.
http://www.siconversations.org/index.html

If you don't know who he is then that is a perfect example of how useless the mainstream media is.

This wonderful Bangladeshi guy has helped millions of people escape poverty. He did it with a very simple idea. He gave collateral-free micro-loans to poor people, mostly women, so that they could have a say in their own future. This became a bank whose purpose is to help poor people instead of rich people. It is called the Grameen Bank.

Yunus' work has had such a dramatic impact that he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

It shows how a simple idea can change things for the better.

http://www.siconversations.org/shows/detail1229.html
http://www.siconversations.org/shows/detail1230.html
http://www.siconversations.org/shows/detail1231.html