GeoCities enabled groups of people to form communities on the Web, and it caught on like wildfire.

FORBES: Purple People

In this way microlending is reminiscent of the building-and-loan societies of the 19th century, which enabled groups of immigrant families in the U.S. to take turns financing houses for members of the group.

FORBES: Up From The Rubble

Clinton has unwittingly enabled these groups to gain legitimacy.

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