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Muhammad Yunus - The Social Business Model

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/01/17/Muha... Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of The Grameen Bank, explains his "social business" model, a plan for addressing social issues through entrepreneurship. This program was recorded in joint collaboration with the Commonwealth Club of California and Link TV. ---- Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of The Grameen Bank, speaks about his new book Creating a World Without Poverty. Muhammad Yunus is founder and managing director of the Grameen Bank, established in Bangladesh in 1983. Dr. Yunus founded the bank with the objective of helping poor people escape from poverty by providing loans on 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.

Channel: Nonprofits & Activism
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: ForaTv

Length: 05:34
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RaySquirrel (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@qix2112 What makes Yunus's theories different from socialism is that Yunus's theories are an improvement on private enterprise. I do not like to call anything socialism unless it focuses on creating state-run monopolies.
omegavalerius (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
If he can get it to work then all the more power to him. I'm saying we should focus on finding a way to make money out of making poor people less poor. If there is a buck to be made this way you get what decades of pleading for alms hasn't, less poverty.
qix2112 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@omegavalerius That may be true, but the socialistic aspect is what makes Yunis' ideas work. If we can get some aspects of socialism involved with the capitalistic U.S., than the U.S. can take advantages for their poorer class citizens, much like the porrer nations are now.
ILoveGoodFellas (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
god bless this man !!!!! puuuure genius
86rishabh (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
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amazigh9009 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I believe in the moral mnagement of money. Dr Yunus is a genius in a way that he could find a way to make this very simple idea work efficiently in a very large scale first in his own Bangladeshi society then in other countries. you are a great man Doctor deep respect
bando8000 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
If we are to make progress we must make the connection between the underlying law of nature and the subject of Yunus' talk.
hairybeast101 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
pure genius
kunscheg (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Muhammad Yunus idea of micro credits first given to Bangladeshi women and later on to the entire third world is nowadays well picked up by profit maximizing western banks, BECAUSE it is profitable for them. Try to get in literature of or about Muhammad Yunus and you will easily see that it is no dream world he has dedicated his life for. This is best practice for a solid basis of a peaceful co-existence of mankind.
Jib0n (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 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.

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