there are some relevant ideas...

1. The Corporation
2. Confessions of an Economic Hitman
3. The Walmart Effect
4. Hegemony Or Survival (by Noam Chomsky)
5. Maps of Time

And if this works...

Like lending to a friend -> Prosper.com

with micro-credit for people who want to augment their
small businesses in third world countries... it can potentially
change the world for the better... the key is to observe what
happens and optimize for the percentage of transactions that
are good...

-joseph