Blog Detail
Change for a Dollar
http://www.justinberk.com
Ideas on global health, social enterprise, market mechanisms for poverty alleviation, and general musing by Yale senior Justin Berk.
- Added on: Oct 26th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Justin Berk
- Listed in: Student Activism Health
- Tags: finance poverty Yale social enterprise global health social entreprenuership
Recent Posts
A Gathering of Great Minds
A little over two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend Acumen Fund’s Investor Gathering – a quazi-shareholder-meeting for a non-profit organization which works to use entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of poverty. It...
Remember: World AIDS Day
Today is World AIDS Day and I have an Opinions piece in the Yale Daily News. I wanted to post it here on the blog as well. Berk: Not just a Disease — 12/01/09 Remember today. Today, December 1, is World AIDS Day — a day to remember the 33...
Resources for Social Enterpreneurs
I just discovered the UC-Berkley Global Initiatives blog (now added to the blogroll) and their great post on resources for social entrepreneurs. I’m also jealous of Berkley’s apparent course offerings on social enterprise: Introduction to...
Kiva, Zombies, and The End of Charity
1) Kiva News Kiva has been getting knocked around in the past month as it was recently reported that your $25 doesn’t actually go to that bike mechanic in India. Instead, he already received a loan and your $25 goes to a a bigger pool that su...
Philanthroconsumerism
I recently wrote a post on 25 Ways to Spend $25, but the idea of “philanthroconsumerism” is worth writing on again. (I’m surprised that word hasn’t been coined or used more often — it has zero results on Google.) There...
The Future of Health Care Reform
If Health Care is Going to Change, Dr. Brent James’ Ideas Will Change it (via NYTimes Magazine). ...
