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

Muhammad Yunus; Karl Weber

ISBN 10: 1586486675 / ISBN 13: 9781586486679

Published by PublicAffairs, 2009

Seller Inventory # 1586486675-3-18380913

Synopsis:

In the last two decades, free markets have swept the globe. But traditional capitalism has been unable to solve problems like inequality and poverty. In Muhammad Yunus' groundbreaking sequel to Banker to the Poor, he outlines the concept of social business -- 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 reveals the next phase in a hopeful economic and social revolution that is already underway.

About the Author: Muhammad Yunus is the founder of Grameen Bank and more than fifty other companies in Bangladesh. He is widely known as both the father of microcredit and of the social business movement. In 2006, Professor Yunus and Grameen Bank were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He is one of only seven individuals to have received the Nobel Peace Prize, the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the United States Congressional Gold Medal. Yunus is the recipient of fifty-five honorary degrees from universities in twenty countries, and has received 112 awards from twenty-six countries, including state honors from ten countries.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Creating a World Without Poverty: Social ...
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good