Today’s episode is the first of a 3-part series featuring professors from Clark University, hosted by Nathan Greene.
Dr. Jude Fernando is an Associate Professor of Sustainability and Social Justice at Clark University. He is completing a book titled Political Economy of NGOs: Modernizing Post-modernity. Dr. Fernando earned his bachelor’s in applied economics from the University of Peradeniya and his Ph.D. in Economics, Anthropology, South Asian History from the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Fernando discussed microfinance and its criticisms, small- versus large-scale change, and why economists should rethink the importance of the solidarity economy.