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I wonder how many people killed themselves before microlending existed because they had no hope of improving their lot in life.
by richcollins 16y ago
I wonder how many people killed themselves before microlending existed because they had no hope of improving their lot in life.
- bryne 16y agoIt's rather remarkable how able people are to tolerate a borderline existence until a concrete metaphor for its inevitability and hopelessness - like an unpayable loan - is thrust into their faces.
- srean 16y agoThere's more to the suicides than microcredit. I commented on some here http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2055046 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2055046
- richcollins 16y agoHow do you know that they wouldn't have killed themselves earlier if the loan didn't provide them some hope of success. Would his business have survived if he didn't take the loan?