Against the Grain – December 31, 2013
Highlights of some of the best commentary and analysis presented on Against the Grain in 2013.

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Acclaimed program of ideas, in-depth analysis, and commentary on a variety of matters—political, economic, social, and cultural—important to progressive and radical thinking and activism. Against the Grain is produced and hosted by Sasha Lilley.
Highlights of some of the best commentary and analysis presented on Against the Grain in 2013.
Microfinance constitutes an attempt to convert the shadow economy of the poor into globally circulating finance, asserts Ananya Roy. Microfinance is a microcosm of what Roy calls “bottom billion capitalism.”
James Pfeiffer on what structural adjustment programs and PEPFAR guidelines are doing to the public sector in poor nations like Mozambique, with tragic consequences.
Nick Nesbitt on why so much effort has been devoted, over the course of two centuries, to undermining Haiti.