Low-Income Entrepreneurs: Neglected Foundation of an Ownership Society

More than any other president since Ronald Reagan, President Bush has championed the idea of an "ownership society" and identified himself with America's entrepreneurial tradition. Millions of Americans start businesses to accumulate assets that give them a stake in society. Yet very small businesses are not well-served by either mainstream financial institutions or government programs. Microenterprise development organizations

Participants

• Elaine Edgcomb
  FIELD Director, Aspen Institute


• Eugene Severns
  Director, National Fund for Enterprise Development


• Charles Tansey
  Senior Advisor, Neighbor Works


• Lisa J. Servon
  Senior Research Fellow, New America Foundation