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

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.

Author: Muhammad Yunus
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 01/06/2009
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.60w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781586486679
ISBN10: 1586486675
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Business Ethics
- Social Science | Philanthropy & Charity
- Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness

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.