Review: Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism
User Review - Vishanta - GoodreadsNobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus has become my hero & a role model now. He rightly proved in reality that social business could indeed exploit capitalism to help create better lives of poor. A prologue ... Read full review
Review: Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism
User Review - Luqyan - GoodreadsThe idea of social enterprise experimented by Grameen and Prof. Yunus, as discussed in this book, has now evolved into a new genre in modern capitalism. Social business model suddenly undertone the ... Read full review
Review: Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism
User Review - Brendan - GoodreadsPromising and at the same time challenging. The book's by the '06 Nobel Peace Prize winner, and is all about the idea of dealing with social problems by having businesses that are not aimed at a ... Read full review
Review: Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism
User Review - Daniel - GoodreadsMohammad Yusuf flushes out the idea of something he calls a "social business," which is a business that does not seek profit maximization. Instead it strives to maximize its progress towards a ... Read full review
Review: Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism
User Review - Erik - GoodreadsInteresting book that lays out a very convincing argument for micro-credit lending though became very repetitive at parts. Read full review
Review: Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism
User Review - Atul - GoodreadsWithout doubt, Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism is an inspiring book. I did not have a specific expectation of the book, when I started it - having known ... Read full review
Review: Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism
User Review - Allison - GoodreadsThis book had a very interesting look at how poverty could one day be something talked about in museums. Social businesses would allow people to donate money and get the same return back, like a ... Read full review
Review: Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism
User Review - Lizzie - GoodreadsIf you have ever wondered about the ability of third world countries to help their citizens move out of poverty, this book is for you! Yunus is an inspiring man who started Grameen Bank in the ... Read full review
Review: Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism
User Review - Andrew - GoodreadsThe idea was good. Instead of a corperation with the intent of making a profit, make a corporation with the intent of doing good and being self-sufficient. Both would still compete in the same markets ... Read full review
Review: Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism
User Review - Richard Stephenson - GoodreadsPROS: Absolutely and awesomely (in the truest form of the word) inspiring as it details a possible and successful venture into social business. The drive, focus, motivation, and innovation is very ... Read full review