Alex Counts

Micro-lending was supposed to save the world's poor from big, overseas lenders; but, an article in this morning's New York Times reveals that although the theories behind micro-finance seem to work, the actual loans don't.

Michael Shear, White House correspondent for The Washington Post and Alex Counts president and CEO of the Grameen Foundation, partner to the Grameen Bank, winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, talks about President Obama being awarded the international honor nine months into his presidency. Plus, George Packer of the ...