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Creating a World Without Poverty - by Muhammad Yunus (Paperback)

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  • From Nobel Prize winner and bestselling author of Banker to the Poor, "an inspiring volume, full of practical information" (BusinessWeek) on the power of creative entrepreneurship to solve global inequality What if you could harness the power of the free market to solve the problems of poverty, hunger, and inequality?
  • 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.
  • 320 Pages
  • Business & Economics, Business Ethics

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The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize outlines his vision for a new business model that combines the power of free markets with the quest for a more humane world--and tells the inspiring stories of companies that are doing this work today.



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From Nobel Prize winner and bestselling author of Banker to the Poor, "an inspiring volume, full of practical information" (BusinessWeek) on the power of creative entrepreneurship to solve global inequality

What if you could harness the power of the free market to solve the problems of poverty, hunger, and inequality? As founder of Grameen Bank, Nobel Peace Prize-winner Muhammad Yunus pioneered microcredit, the innovative banking program that provides poor people--mainly women--with small loans they use to launch businesses and lift their families out of poverty. In Creating a World Without Poverty, Yunus goes beyond microcredit to pioneer the idea of social business--a completely new way to use the creative vibrancy of business to tackle social problems from poverty and pollution to inadequate health care and lack of education. Yunus's "Next Big Idea" offers a pioneering model for nothing less than a new, more humane form of capitalism.



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"An inspiring volume, full of practical information for people who are motivated to try out his ideas."--BusinessWeek

"In Creating a World Without Poverty, Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus argues convincingly that social business is an achievable way of exploiting capitalism to help the poor. Yunus moves the debate beyond the tired argument that the rich should simply donate to those less privileged, and demonstrates that the free market can in fact be used to the advantage of the less well off...This book is a must-read for policymakers or philanthropists, and its conversational style and straightforward logic also make it appealing to the layperson."--Scotland on Sunday

"In this excellent work of popular economics, he tells the story of how he came to the idea and the impressive results it has generated."--Winnipeg Free Press

"Infused with entrepreneurial spirit and the excitement of a worthy challenge, this book is the opposite of pessimistic recitals of intractable poverty's horrors."--Publishers Weekly

"The influential economist and winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize outlines his vision for a new business model that combines the power of free markets with the quest for a more humane world. Includes stories of companies that are already doing social business."--Bookseller



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.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.2 Inches (H) x 5.6 Inches (W) x 1.0 Inches (D)
Weight: .7 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 320
Genre: Business & Economics
Sub-Genre: Business Ethics
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Format: Paperback
Author: Muhammad Yunus
Language: English
Street Date: January 6, 2009
TCIN: 79258619
UPC: 9781586486679
Item Number (DPCI): 247-20-4313
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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