A World of Three Zeros - by Muhammad Yunus (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

From Nobel Prize winner and bestselling author of Banker to the Poor, a vision of an emerging new economic system that can save humankind and the planet

Muhammad Yunus is one of the modern world's most trenchant social critics. In A World of Three Zeros, he declare it's time to admit that the capitalist engine has failed most people - that in its current form it inevitably leads to rampant inequality, widespread unemployment, and environmental destruction. Instead, we need a new economic system that unleashes altruism as a creative force just as powerful as self-interest.

Here, Yunus describes the ingenious new financial tools now funding social businesses and sketches the legal and regulatory changes needed to jump-start the next wave of socially driven innovations.

Review Quotes

"Muhammad Yunus has shown himself to be a leader who has managed to translate visions into p0ractical action for the benefit of millions of people, not only in Bangladesh, but also in many other countries." --Norwegian Nobel Committee

"Muhammad Yunus was just trying to help a village, but somehow managed to change the world." --President Barack Obama

"Yunus offers sound recommendations to distribute global wealth more equitably through individual and systemic support for small-scale entrepreneurship."--Publishers Weekly

"A book to make Wall Street quake."--Kirkus Reviews

"With wealth disparity an ongoing global concern, Yunus's inspiring and hopeful message is a must-read for all readers with even a semblance of economic literacy."--Library Journal, starred

About the Author

Muhammad Yunus, a native of Bangladesh, is the founder and managing director of Grameen Bank, a pioneer of microcredit, an economic movement that has helped lift millions of families around the world out of poverty. Yunus and Grameen Bank are winners of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. He is currently serving as Chief Adviser to the interim government of Bangladesh.