A sampling of what we've been reading this week from around the web:
- FAI Researcher Jonathan Bauchet on "Details Matter: Insurance Makes Sense, So Why Isn’t it More Popular?"
- Nickeled and Dimed author Barbara Ehrenreich on "American Poverty, 50 years Later"
Some TED Talks that you may not have heard:
- Sendhil Mullainathan on "Solving Social Problems with a Nudge"
- Esther Duflo on "Social Experiments to fight Poverty"
- Eldar Shafir: "Living under Scarcity"
- Hans Rosling's "New Insights on Poverty"
- Nokia Researcher Jan Chipchase on how people interact with mobile phones.
- Iqbal Quadir says mobile phones fight poverty
- Richard Wilkinson on "How economic inequality harms societies."
Editor’s Note: I’m going to assume that you are seeing plenty of AI content (news and papers, not AI slop, though I’m sure you’re getting plenty of that too) from other sources, so I’m trying to think hard about the marginal value that the faiV can provide. As far as I’ve gotten so far: a) make sure that directly AI-related content does not take up more than 2 of the 5 items, and b) try to focus specifically on the cybersecurity issue for financial inclusion. Beyond that, I’m open to feedback on the value you get from the faiV in relation to AI to help guide us in the future. On a different note, I’ll be making a brief cameo appearance at the e-MFP Inclusive Finance Conference to moderate the opening plenary. If you haven’t registered, do so and I hope to see you there! - Tim Ogden