Muhammad Yunus Libros

A new edition of the New York Times Bestseller by a Nobel Peace Prize winner.

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 feeding the poor, housing the homeless, healing the sick, and protecting the planet. Creating a World Without Poverty tells the stories of some of the earliest examples of social businesses, including Yunus's own Grameen Bank. It reveals the next phase in a hopeful economic and social revolution that is already under way—and in the worldwide effort to eliminate poverty by unleashing the productive energy of every human being.

Muhammad Yunus, the practical visionary who pioneered microcredit and, with his Grameen Bank, won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, has developed a visionary new dimension for capitalism which he calls “social business.” By harnessing the energy of profit-making to the objective of fulfilling human needs, social business creates self-supporting, viable commercial enterprises that generate economic growth even as they produce goods and services that make the world a better place. In this book, Yunus shows how social business has gone from being a theory to an inspiring practice, adopted by leading corporations, entrepreneurs, and social activists across Asia, South America, Europe and the US. He demonstrates how social business transforms lives; offers practical guidance for those who want to create social businesses of their own; explains how public and corporate policies must adapt to make room for the social business model; and shows why social business holds the potential to redeem the failed promise of free-market enterprise.

Ron Garan experienced something unique and extraordinary living in orbit on the International Space Station (ISS) for six months. The ISS is arguably the most ambitious, technologically complicated undertaking in human history, and no one nation constructed it alone. Garan delves into the origins and global importance of the ISS, and then digs deeper to reveal the very personal impact his time on the ISS had for him. Now active in global projects to promote peace, combat hunger, thirst, and poverty, Ron is determined to use the audacity of the ISS as a model for cooperation to solve our greatest problems. We have all the technology and resources we need to overcome our greatest barriers to living in peace and prosperity. We only need to step outside our comfort zones, the way we ve always done things, and have the courage to embrace new collaborative partnerships and processes. Much more than a memoir or travelogue, Ron's book is a call to action for each of us to care for the most important space station of all, planet Earth."

The capitalist system, in its current form, is broken. Here, a Nobel Peace Prize-winner outlines his radical economic vision for fixing it. Eight individuals now own more wealth than 50 per cent of the global population, and high unemployment in many countries means that people's skills, knowledge, and creativity are being wasted. Rampant environmental destruction only adds to this picture of a bleak future in which humankind will no longer be able to sustain itself. But what if there is another way? Muhammad Yunus is the economist who invented microcredit, founded Grameen Bank, and earned a Nobel Peace Prize for his work towards alleviating poverty. Here, he sets forth his vision to establish a new kind of capitalism, where altruism and generosity are valued as much as profit making, and where individuals not only have the capacity to lift themselves out of poverty, but also to affect real change for the planet and its people. A World of Three Zeroesoffers a challenge to young people, business and political leaders, and ordinary citizens everywhere to embrace a new form of capitalism, and improve the world for everyone before it's too late.

<b>A winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and bestselling author of <i>Banker to the Poor</i> offers his vision of an emerging new economic system that can save humankind and the planet</b> Muhammad Yunus, who created microcredit, invented social business, and earned a Nobel Peace Prize for his work in alleviating poverty, is one of today's most trenchant social critics. Now he declares it's time to admit that the capitalist engine is broken--that in its current form it inevitably leads to rampant inequality, massive unemployment, and environmental destruction. We need a new economic system that unleashes altruism as a creative force just as powerful as self-interest. Is this a pipe dream? Not at all. In the last decade, thousands of people and organizations have already embraced Yunus's vision of a new form of capitalism, launching innovative social businesses designed to serve human needs rather than accumulate wealth. They are bringing solar energy to millions of homes in Bangladesh; turning thousands of unemployed young people into entrepreneurs through equity investments; financing female-owned businesses in cities across the United States; bringing mobility, shelter, and other services to the rural poor in France; and creating a global support network to help young entrepreneurs launch their start-ups. In <i>A World of Three Zeros</i>, Yunus describes the new civilization emerging from the economic experiments his work has helped to inspire. He explains how global companies like McCain, Renault, Essilor, and Danone got involved with this new economic model through their own social action groups, describes the ingenious new financial tools now funding social businesses, and sketches the legal and regulatory changes needed to jumpstart the next wave of socially driven innovations. And he invites young people, business and political leaders, and ordinary citizens to join the movement and help create the better world we all dream of.

Muhammad Yunus hat vielen Menschen aus der Armut geholfen und ihnen ein Leben in Würde ermöglicht, wofür er den Friedensnobelpreis erhielt. In seinem neuen Buch vermittelt er eine ermutigende Botschaft: Jeder kann etwas tun, um anderen zu helfen. Als Wirtschaftsprofessor aus Bangladesch erkannte er, dass bereits wenige Dollar den Weg zur Freiheit ebnen können oder aber zu lebenslanger Abhängigkeit führen, wenn sie fehlen. Deshalb gründete er eine Bank für die Armen, die Grameen Bank, die Kredite an diejenigen vergibt, die sonst abgewiesen werden. Mit über 2300 Filialen und fast 7 Millionen Kreditnehmern, von denen 97 Prozent Frauen sind, hat die Grameen Bank vielen Menschen ein Leben ohne ständige Existenzsorgen ermöglicht. Yunus geht in diesem Buch weiter und kritisiert „traditionelle“ Unternehmen, die sich ausschließlich auf Profitmaximierung konzentrieren und dadurch globale Probleme wie Armut und Umweltverschmutzung verschärfen. Er plädiert für soziales Unternehmertum, das sozialen Nutzen schafft und zeigt, dass Wirtschaft für die Menschen da sein sollte. Wenn wir solche Unternehmen unterstützen und unsere Kaufkraft nutzen, können wir die Armut auf diesem Planeten bekämpfen – das ist die Vision des Friedensnobelpreisträgers.

Depuis quinze ans, Jacques Attali est l'économiste français le plus engagé dans une économie alternative, visant à lutter contre la pauvreté et à protéger l'environnement. Avec Arnaud Ventura et des figures prestigieuses comme Muhammad Yunus et Joseph Stiglitz, il promeut le micro-crédit à travers leur association, PlaNet Finance, qui emploie plus de 1000 personnes dans 80 pays et a distribué plus de 200 millions de micro-crédits. En réponse à ce succès, Attali et Ventura ont lancé le LH Forum au Havre, mettant en avant l'économie positive, centrée sur l'humain et la planète, et visant une vision à long terme. Ce mouvement rejette l'immédiateté et les entreprises indifférentes à leurs salariés ou à l'impact environnemental de leurs actions. Plus de 10 000 participants, incluant économistes, chefs d'entreprise et personnalités internationales, soutiennent cette initiative. Le POSITIVE BOOK, à travers 200 pages et plus de 100 portraits, interviews et récits, vise à faire découvrir ce mouvement au grand public. À travers le monde, des individus innovent et créent des projets, souvent avec peu de ressources, pour combattre l'injustice sociale, la pauvreté et protéger notre planète.