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You might be interested in this article by Katie Roland (Academy Class of 2003) from the Trinity Forum Academy's online newsletter CONVERSATIONS. The opening text is below; see this link for the rest: http://www.ttf.org/index/conversations/detail/relational-debt/ ---------- The Relational Nature of Debt and Credit “Loaning money and borrowing it is not a simple, mechanical transaction.  Innate human values of trust and fairness enable the system to work, giving people the faith to make loans with the expectation that they will be paid back…The transaction is relational as well as monetary.” We made our way out of Phnom Phen, traveling along a dusty dirt road until the chaos of the city disappeared behind us.  The shoulders of the country roads outside Phnom Phen were completely covered by trash, and I noticed a dog looking for food that would not be found, its bones poking out from under a sparse blanket of fur.  As we traveled farther down the road, we came upon small tin shacks, set inches apart from each other.  They seemed like they would tip at the slightest breeze, and yet these shacks provided much-needed shelter for dozens of children and their families. ---------- The entry has 1179 more words. http://www.ttf.org/index/conversations/detail/relational-debt/