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Creating a World Without Poverty|Muhammad Yunus

Creating a World Without Poverty : How Social Business Can Transform Our Lives

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Over the last few decades, free markets have swept the globe and brought positive change. Nevertheless, traditional capitalism cannot solve problems of inequality and poverty because of its view of people as one-dimensional beings concerned only with profit. In fact, human beings have many other drives and passions, including spiritual, social, and altruistic. Welcome to the world of social business, where the creative vision of the entrepreneur is applied to today's most serious problems: feeding the poor, housing the homeless, healing the sick, and protecting the planet. Creating a World without Poverty tells the stories of some of the earliest examples of social businesses, including Yunus' own Grameen Bank. It reveals the next phase in an economic and social revolution that is already underway and in the worldwide effort to eliminate poverty by unleashing the productive energy of every human being.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781433208362
  • ISBN-10: 1433208369
  • Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
  • Publish Date: January 2008
  • Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.44 x 0.61 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.22 pounds

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