Muhammad Yunus – The Social Business Model
terms suitable to them and by teaching them a few sound principles of finances so they can help themselves. The Grameen Bank has advanced to the forefront of a burgeoning world movement toward eradicating poverty through micro-lending and its model has been replicated in over 100 countries worldwide. In 2006, Dr. Yunus was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the Bank. … free markets capitalism social issues entrerpreneurs business banking finance poverty poor homeless …
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May 5th, 2008 at 11:56 am
Yunus was my graduation speaker at Vanderbilt this past may. He gave a tremendous speach, I was very impressed. It was especially good considering the social climate there.
June 16th, 2008 at 12:16 am
makes more sense..
human dignity and respect are more lasting values…most people do want to help themselves given the opportunity..they need that more than charity..
hope more politicians and businessmen take heed and read and reflect and implement the concepts and programs mentioned in the book.
maria yolanda catalina gutierrez de guzman shaw..pilipino-canadian
June 16th, 2008 at 12:20 am
makes more sense..
human dignity and respect are more lasting values…most people would rather help themselves if given the opportunity..they need that more than charity..
hope more politicians and businessmen read reflect and implement the principles, methods and programs discussed in the book ..
maria yolanda catalina gutierrez de guzman shaw..pilipino-canadian
October 22nd, 2008 at 6:41 pm
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February 16th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Very good work !!
February 17th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
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April 13th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
What a great man …
June 15th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
I ditto that comment…
July 17th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
fuck u muhammad
August 6th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
u are just a mother fucker. u know nothing about this world. be educated.ok
August 11th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
To coco1234lexi: Get a grip, a moral compass and a conscience kid – so far in life you have developed no soul. Get out of your comfy suburb and travel a bit to learn how good and easy you have it and how bad and hard the majority of kids in the world have it. Dedicate your life to making a positive difference in the world or your life will be meaningless and wasted.
August 17th, 2009 at 11:30 am
Inspirational. I’m trying to replicate the Bank of the Poor model in my home country. Wish me luck!
September 28th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
racists scrub
October 6th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
This man is even better then the ferry tale guy named Jesus.
October 8th, 2009 at 4:19 am
dream world. How the hell is someone going to get involved in a business if they are not going to get any return from it? People would need to be already financially secure before they coniderer investing. By the time they’re rich enough they might aswell donate surplus funds to charity.
Sorry Yunus but your solution holds no water in the real world
October 8th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
The exact problem with charity is that it doesn’t help people out of poverty, it makes sure they are kept in poverty. The rich should rather put their money into social businesses and banks who supply micro loans than give it to people like Mother Theresa or other lovers of poverty.
October 17th, 2009 at 1:17 am
You could give poor people interest free loans. That is why in Islam the virtue of giving interest free loan is as much as giving charity, or even more, I’m not quite sure.
October 17th, 2009 at 1:20 am
Another important thing is not to leave everything to companies, but government should also take steps. In my opinion, banking should be abolished altogether. We should bring back currency based on Gold and Silver, get rid of fractional reserve banking and let government do all the saving of money and lending at 0%. Unless we abolish interest and fiat money, we can’t finish poverty!
October 19th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Interest free loans would be a social business but we have experience that even loans with interest work very well. The key idea with having interest rates is to lure the big financial players into the game. This means more money with which to solve the problem.
I’m not a big fan of the Islamic baking system because of their tendency to replace interest with payment. You don’t pay interest but you pay a fee for the money.
October 19th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
omegavalerius, I’m not a fan of Islamic banking either. Infact, I want us to abolish capitalism altogether. That is, fiat money, fractional reserve banking and interest. Instead we should have a gold and silver currency, no fractional reserve banking and no interest. The government can take the responsiblity of all savings and from that pool can lend people at 0% interest. In my opinion the commercialization of moneylending is what is causing recessions, depressions, inflations and poverty
October 20th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
A socialist banking system then? I’m sorry but the free market has a superb track record compared to socialism in its economic variations. I live in a country which is quite socialist compared for example to the States, but our prosperity would be impossible to maintain without a fully free market and the entrepreneurship that is its engine.
October 20th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
With the current banking system, almost every other person is burdened with debts. It only create illusion of prosperity, but it comes crashing down once the bubble bursts. Just look at US for example. Even companies like Intel and AMD are in loss, while banks like barklays still made millions during recession. The problem with capitalism is that it very much favors the parasitic bankers, which actually earn by doing nothing! Capitalism is not a must for Industrial Progress. China is an example!
October 21st, 2009 at 3:34 pm
The only people I know who are in debt are those who have bought a house within the past 10 years.
The problem in the U.S is not privately owned banks. Its the failing of the State to provide simple basic rules for the economy and even more its the fault of over consumption. I don’t have much sympathy for people who’s financial misery is self inflicted. China is a capitalist country with private banks. What is your point? Do you mean to say that democracy is not necessary for progress?
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:21 am
I am sorry, but I cannot agree with you. Yunus received together with his Grameen Bank the Nobel Peace Price. So a mix of profitable and non profitable ventures really does have a bright future due to the economic instability in many poor countries. Furthermore, there is also something called love for your fellow people, maybe we should all think about that.