Frugal Medicine: How ‘Cheap’ Medicine is Forging a New Path Mark Wien Medicine, Science, Science & Medicine In the US, health care accounts for 17.9 percent of GDP spending, the highest of anywhere in the world. Who are some of the frugal medicine innovators and why are their technologies critically improving healthcare around the world? This slideshow provides a few examples of frugal medicine.
#IceBucketChallenge: Do Social Media Campaigns Really Spread Public Health Awareness? Mark Wien Medicine, Science & Medicine, Society & Culture At the core of the #icebucketchallenge’s mission is the role social media plays in raising awareness and funds for positive causes. But is social media an effective campaign mechanism? Is true awareness really garnered from these efforts or are these dead-end challenges?
Funding the Bottom of the Pyramid: A Primer on Microfinance Mark Wien Economics, Politics & Economics, Society & Culture What does $50 mean to you? In the microfinance world, a $50 loan might mean the ability for a woman in rural Bangladesh to open a market grocer or a teenager in Kenya to build tech support for his poorly-wired community. Micro Equity specialist and current medical school student Mark Wien weighs in on his favorite Reads on the subject.
Explaining the World Order: An Interview with Global Strategist Parag Khanna Mark Wien Government Dr. Parag Khanna shares his thoughts on why academic inquiry should transcend disciplinary bounds, as well as some of his most foundational IR reads.
