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  • Happy states recover fastest

    Happy states have weaker recessions and faster recoveries than less optimistic states, according to new research. The effect is strongest where populations are older, less educated, and less socially connected.

  • The Monitor's View: Lottery's lure lost

    Gambling in general, once largely recession proof, is down. Risk ignorance is now too risky.

Doing Good

 

What happens when ordinary people decide to pay it forward? Extraordinary change...

Dave Valle started Esperanza International in 1995. Since then, Esperanza has given $38 million in microloans to support small businesses.

Dave Valle plays on a new field: microloans that help to end poverty

As a pro baseball player in the Dominican Republic Dave Valle saw poverty up close. Now his microloans are helping to end it.

 
 
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