Muhammad Yunus on a New Kind of Capitalism
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Filmed at the Mermaid Theatre on 4th March 2015.
‘Making money is a happiness. And that’s a great incentive. Making other people happy is a super-happiness.’
These are the words of Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Bangladeshi economist world-famous for starting the microfinance movement. That movement is just part of Yunus’s mission to ‘put poverty in the museums’. A charismatic visionary, as much at ease with global leaders as he is with the poorest of street beggars, Professor Yunus believes every person can play a part in reducing poverty. And they can do this not by writing out a cheque to a charity or through hard-headed capitalism, but by means of a model that lies somewhere between the two. He calls this model social business.
As Professor Yunus likes to explain it, social business isn’t just about helping the poor - it can also help to change us. When we put on ‘social business glasses’ we start looking at the world and thinking about it in new ways. We bring fresh insight to our conventional profit-maximising companies and become more multi-dimensional, happier human beings in the process.
So what is a social business? It is one whose owners are motivated to solve a social problem such as unemployment. The difference between this and the more familiar social enterprise model is that the owners of a social business do not make money for themselves. Profits are ploughed back into the company instead of being paid out as dividends. And unlike a charity or NGO which has to rely on donations to keep running, a social business is profit-making and therefore financially sustainable.
Scale for Professor Yunus is all-important. In Colombia, for example, Yunus Social Business (YSB) financed a social business that has created a network of healthcare providers who offer 10,000 users, including the poorest of the poor, access to affordable and prompt healthcare. In Haiti, in order to address the spread of infectious diseases YSB set up a business to commercialize locally produced disinfectant. Now there are 100 points of sale that give 500,000 Haitians access to cleaning products at one-third of the usual market cost.
Since 2011, Yunus Social Business has supported 20 social businesses in seven different countries, mentored over 200 entrepreneurs and impacted over 10,000 customers.
he gets a standing ovation every time. thats what honesty can do.
A good ambassador of Bangladesh
If you watch the video, you'll see that the borrowers own the Grameen Bank. Regarding the interest charged, it takes money to lend money, and if the repayment rate is nearly 100%, the interest must not be prohibitive.
Congratulations and Best wishes to Dr. Mohammed Younus Sir.
This lady isnt quite qualified to question a Legend.
Dr. Professor Mohammad Yunus first gave the idea of social business, micro credit finance program under his Grameen Bank for the poor people of the village. When he was a professor of Chittagong University he began it first and this mission brought him success and he achieved Nobel Peace Prize as a first Bangladeshi citizen. He enlightened us and our country in front of the world. We are proud of him but some black-sheep of our country couldn't endure his fame, celebrity, renown and earnings. One of them is the envious and malignant woman so-called prime minister of Awoami Govt. of Bangladesh, She obstructed him, dishonored him, depressed him and insulted him in many ways. But all people of the world respect him and praise him.
well done Yunus Sir
Muhammad Yunus: "Do what is good!"
The same principle has been used by Kazuo Inamori (Amoeba Management) in 1950's, which started a business revolution across the world under many other names ...
The same principle is promoted by the Vanguard Method by John Seddon: identify failure demands, as you develop solutions you also grow the knowledge base/confidence, than you focus on the value demand, the purpose, outside-in measures ...
The same principle seems to be used by the Theory of Constraints i.e. one continues to solve constraints until the only remaining constraint is the outside system.
The same principle seems to be promoted by the Law of Attraction and Taoism: do what feels good! Actually, feel good first, then solve problems.
If you want to start swimming, start with the backstroke i.e. initially, what you need most is air to breath, then as your body readjusts to new movements, you will discover many traumas in your body, just be gentle, they will pass, continue swimming ...
And so on ...
There is something spiritual that we seek/need in our lives ...
As our physical bodies/society get free of hidden traumas, a fleeting sign of joy will appear, than another, then a smile, then a thought about singing, then some sounds (even under water) ... then you will start to feel flow (free of resistance/tension)...
Do not rush or exaggerate, just keep doing what is good the normal way, the life will gently point you in the right direction ...
Explore it, stay aware, pay attention, be curious, appreciative ... then?
Who knows!
An iconic ambassador of Bangladesh
SUCH an inspiration!!! Thank you!
Well... I'm usually very skeptical about all sparkling Nobel awarded stuff... How did he escaped the loan sharks? Over here in Brazil there are lots of loan sharks. They are not the kindest type of person. (Not to mention Dr. House and X-Files: ppl lie but I want to blv).
thank you
Love you Sir❤
I like it.
Love u sir from Bangladesh
Is the people voice...A and B is totally out... neither same as running...is the country and peoples demands Assalamualaikum... God bless you... My Lord please help him...
The Kid..The Future.
He is going places!
and my permanent hair Vawi 2 ka pawh sak a..anu pawh kha ka siam kir sak thina..Mapuii ka thiannu pawh hi keimah hlir in ka dama ka awm hichuan ka siamsak thin a facial te pawh thlatin ka tih sak thin a Mihmul te pawh ka pawhsak thin e....Champuii (L) Nu zodingpuii vanchhawng ani .Nuta Pa1 an neia..Anupui hi Mawizuali ani
....ka vahnu hming ang mai..alo ni vel vek mai....au kha Zohmingi ania kapu fanu Maseni Delhi a awm mek hming ang alo ni leh a...engmah lah hi kalo hre mang silo
Alsa!we can not creat even such productive mind in our country pakistan i committed by myself i will work for our society.
dr yunus' escaping from prison!
SIRPRENDENTE, SU FORMA DE PENSAR Y ACTUAR, GRANDIOSO, POR ESO QUE OBTENIDO, EL PREMIO NOBEL, QUE SIGA BENDICIENDOTE Y ALUMBRANDO TU CAMINO, TE ADMIROTREMDAMENTE,VER POR LA POBRESA.
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Miss Ate i =chandmari Aizawl =Miss Barel
Doughter Permanent hair
Ami. Amar. Jwomit. Aker. Pata. Gworur. Jwownwo. Pata. Nite. Ami. Assi.
Penticost Blessing Halleluiah Thank you Jesus❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉❤🎉
Mr Mrs Atei awtea Davids kichen Chanmary Aizawl
Bangladeshis are NOT proud of dr yunus!
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Who's here in 2024?😅
We don't need a new capitalism. We need to return to the old capitalism, in which the losses aren't socialized, aka crony capitalism. You fail, you go out of business.
after selling GRAMEEN seeds blindness keep away !
how sweet lying it is...
It surely had some major impact on the issue....There are some good research on his claim has been done and data seems like he is actually right, moreover Dr. Yunus is not a person of rethoric, if he says something that means he has data to back it up.
=Pu.Modi
shala jatio beiman, nastik,
Who the hell are you
How is being nastik an insult??
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