"Famine and Finance" is a scholarly book that examines the role of microloans during the Great Famine in Ireland. The author, Tyler Beck Goodspeed, utilizes archival data to analyze how access to microloans helped affected communities adapt to the devastating impacts of the famine. The study reveals that the most severely affected regions with a microloan fund experienced significantly lower population declines and greater increases in buffer livestock holdings compared to those without such a fund. Furthermore, it critically highlights the limited ability of loan access to mitigate the effects of environmental disasters on the poorest and most vulnerable borrowers. Thus, the book provides valuable insights into the interactions between financing mechanisms and social crises.