Creating a World Without Poverty Social Business and the Future of Capitalism

Name: Creating a World Without Poverty Social Business and the Future of Capitalism
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ISBN: 9781586484934

ISBN-10: 1586484931

ISBN-13: 9781586484934

Edition: 2008

Authors: Muhammad Yunus, Karl Weber

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In the last two decades, free markets have swept the globe, bringing with them enormous potential for positive change. But traditional capitalism cannot solve problems like inequality and poverty, because it is hampered by a narrow view of human nature in which people are one-dimensional beings concerned only with profit. In fact, human beings have many other drives and passions, including the spiritual, the social, and the 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…

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List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publication date: 1/8/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 296
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Prologue: Starting with a Handshake



The Promise of Social Business



A New Kind of Business



Social Business: What It Is and What It Is Not



The Grameen Experiment



The Microcredit Revolution



From Microcredit to Social Business



The Battle against Poverty: Bangladesh and Beyond



God Is in the Details



One Cup of Yogurt at a Time



A World Without Poverty



Broadening the Marketplace



Information Technology, Globalization, and a Transformed World



Hazards of Prosperity



Putting Poverty in Museums


Epilogue: "Poverty Is a Threat to Peace"-The Nobel Prize Lecture


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