Discuss “Nicholas Sullivan talks on his book”

Last Tuesday, the question was not “Can you hear me now?” but whether those in the third world will be able to hear you via cell phone. The man posing the question was Nicholas P. Sullivan, author of You Can Hear Me Now: How Microloans and Cell Phones are Connecting the World’s Poor to the Global Economy, as he spoke to a group of students and faculty in Margaret Morrison Carnegie Hall.

Sullivan, a graduate of Harvard University and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, has been at the forefront of writing about the intersection of technology, business, and globalization in the information age. While working as editor of (Inc.com), the online version of the business trade publication Inc. magazine, Sullivan became...