Monday, February 26, 2007

Reagan defeated Communism so you could have microcredit

While learning about Microcredit in my Economics class, we've discussed Prosper.com -- an online marketplace for borrowers and lenders:



This is their second incarnation after a recent redesign. The idea is really interesting, but whether it will take off or not remains to be seen I guess.

I was explaining it to Kirsten this morning, and I suggested that we become eLoanSharks. There is discussion about Prosper on Clever Dude in reference to Rateladder.com. I shared an interesting analysis of a loan that Rateladder funded through Google Reader...

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

Once again I sense Uncle Ronnie hatin'.......bad Steve, 4th down.

the Alpha John said...

Your Uncle Ronnie was a putz.