SAMA

Many have attempted to dissect the world’s most devastating financial crisis. Economists have analyzed its numbers, politicians have debated its consequences, and journalists have chronicled its unfolding tragedy. Yet, amidst the clamor of experts and the eloquence of those who govern the world, one question seems to have been forgotten: What of the poor? What of the vast majority of humanity, whose voices rarely find their way into the halls where the fate of the world is decided? Perhaps, in these troubled times, a poor man smiles more sincerely than the whales of Wall Street or the sharks of the European bourses. Not because he is untouched by hardship, nor because he possesses some secret knowledge of the markets, but because he has nothing to invest. Not because he fears losing his millions, but because his entire fortune may amount to ten dollars—or perhaps even less—with which he must feed himself and his family for the day. How can a man fear losing what he has never possessed?...