Abuse Quote by Diana Taylor

Because microfinance is so manageable in terms of the size of the loan, people have made it the cornerstone to lifting women out of…

— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Microfinance stands as one of the most promising and cost-effective tools in the fight against global poverty.

— Jonathan Morduch

We developed microfinance to fight loan sharks - I was telling people don't go to loan sharks - not trying to take advantage and…

— Muhammad Yunus

Microfinance initiatives are very high-touch models. The loan officer meets with local groups of borrowers every week, they share tips and techniques. There's a…

— Pierre Omidyar

The moment you say microfinance everybody wants to help you.

— Muhammad Yunus

The mortgage crisis is a clear instance of consumers who needed protection. There was predatory lending to people who didn't know what they were…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Microcredit has shown how you can reach out to people that conventional banking cannot. It has demonstrated that it's a doable proposition.

— Muhammad Yunus

People have tried to control other people by trapping them with debt. A loan can become a harmful and dangerous weapon.

— Kabir Sehgal

I think something that forces financial institutions to write down underwater mortgages, I think, would be a sensible thing to do.

— Christina Romer

Making loans accessible to millions of the previously unbankable customers is a noble goal. Getting them hooked to such loans isn't.

— Evgeny Morozov

“Mortgage lending is often a common service used by people who cannot afford to make the full payment of a mortgage.”

— LegalMatch

We should ban banks from risk-taking because society is going to pay the price.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb