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Author Mark Wien

Mark Wien

Mark Wien

Mark Wien is the co-founder of the Micro Equity Development Fund, a for-profit, social initiative focused on connecting investors with investment opportunities in microfinance, particularly micro-equity. Mark also co-founded an e-commerce site which launched in March 2014. After six years in finance, Mark is currently in medical school with hopes of bridging his business background with medicine to improve access to and quality of healthcare worldwide. He will be joining Hippo as a frequent correspondent exploring the topics of public health, the intersection of medicine and business, healthcare, and microfinance. Twitter: @MarkWien; Mark.Wien@themedf.com.

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.
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