Creating a world without poverty social business and the future of capitalism
Record details
- ISBN: 9781433285738 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- ISBN: 1433285738 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
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Physical Description:
electronic
electronic resource
remote - Publisher: Ashland : Blackstone Audio, 2008.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 10:15:16. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Patrick Lawlor. |
System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 147385 KB; MP3 file size: 288859 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Subject: | Social responsibility of business Industries -- Social aspects Poverty -- Prevention |
Genre: | DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOK. Audiobooks. |
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Summary:
While free markets have brought positive change, traditional capitalism cannot solve problems of inequality and poverty because of its view of people as solely profit-driven. In fact, humans have other drives and passions, including spiritual, social, and 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. 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 an economic and social revolution that is already underway and in the worldwide effort to eliminate poverty by unleashing the productive energy of every human being.