An edition of Creating a World Without Poverty (1999)

Creating a world without poverty

social business and the future of capitalism

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An edition of Creating a World Without Poverty (1999)

Creating a world without poverty

social business and the future of capitalism

by

  • ★★★★ 4.1 (7 ratings)
  • 38 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 5 Have read

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 he tells the inspiring stories of companies that are doing this work today. 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.--From publisher description.

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Language
English
Pages
261

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Subjects

Condiciones económicas Microcrédit Banques Histoire Conditions sociales Conditions économiques Pauvreté Développement économique et social Crédit bancaire Microfinance Banques populaires Débiteur et créancier Dettes Banque Condition économique Biographie Crédit agricole BIOGRAPHY ECONOMIC POLICY BANK LOANS BANGLADESH Industries Social aspects of Industries Social aspects Poverty Social responsibility of business Prevention Industries, social aspects Industry Social Responsibility Prévention Entreprises Responsabilité sociale Aspect social Industrie nyt:paperback-nonfiction=2009-03-01 New York Times bestseller Commerce Methods Business Ethics Prevention & control POBREZA RURAL Grameen Bank (Bangladesh) Social entrepreneurship

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Creating a World Without Poverty: How Social Business Can Transform Our Lives
January 2008, PublicAffairs
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Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism
2007-01-01, Perseus Books Group, PublicAffairs
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Creating a world without poverty: social business and the future of capitalism
2007, PublicAffairs
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Hacia un mundo sin pobreza
2003, Andres Bello
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Hacia Un Mundo Sin Pobreza
January 2001, Andres Bello
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Table of Contents

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 a 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

Edition Notes

Includes index

Includes bibliographical references and index

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New York

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Library of Congress
HD60 .Y86 2007, HD60.Y86 2008

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Pagination
xvii, 261 p. :
Number of pages
261

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL17249547M
Internet Archive
bwb_S0-AYZ-822
ISBN 10
1586484931
ISBN 13
9781586484934
LCCN
2007034545
OCLC/WorldCat
167501962
LibraryThing
3935541
Goodreads
247204

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OL1079340W

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