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I was an economist now turning into a human being - as if these are two different things. I don't know but I did that and then I had no vision.

Muhammad Yunus

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Muhammad Yunus
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: June 28
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All people are entrepreneurs, but many don't have the opportunity to find that out.
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I went to the bank and proposed that they lend money to the poor people. The bankers almost fell over.
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Access to quality education has enabled me to reach far beyond the Bangladeshi village I grew up in.
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Poverty is not created by poor people. It is produced by our failure to create institutions to support human capabilities.
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An individual poor person is an isolated island by himself and herself. IT can end that isolation overnight.
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If I could be useful to another human being, even for a day, that would be a great thing. It would be greater than all the big thoughts I could have at the university.
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People need such a small amount of money to deal with their own daily life. Because wherever I went to school they taught me about millions of dollars. I dealt with billions of dollars in national plans and investment plans and so on. Not this tiny money, $27 for 42 people.
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Poverty is unnecessary.
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Money commands everything because that's our interpretation of capitalism ... what kind of world is that? It's a very uncomfortable interpretation of a human being. We have been turned into robots.
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Peace should be understood in a human way - in a broad social, political and economic way. Peace is threatened by unjust economic, social and political order, absence of democracy, environmental degradation and absence of human rights.
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...poor people are just as human as anyone else. They have just as much potential as anyone.
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I think, social business is the most logical thing to do. If we had done that, we could reduce all the problems we have.
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Capitalism has been interpreted as an exclusively profit-centric human engagement. Some have been saying to bring people and planet into the picture. This can be a good change, but it is still not fully operationalized. Are you putting people, planet and profit at the same level?
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The process of breaking down fear was always my greatest challenge and it was made easier by the careful work and gentle voices of my female workers.
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By simply capitalizing on core strengths and knowledge, companies and entrepreneurs can engage in an emerging business model that will enable them to create - and demonstrate - real, sustainable social impact in society.
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We have done some of these in Bangladesh. Whenever I see a problem, I immediately go and create a company. That's what I did all my life.
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So i say, change the base! If you change the base, anybody will be as tall as anybody else! My belief is poverty is not caused by poor ppl. Poverty is caused by the system. Poverty is caused by the policies that we pursue.
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Young people should think in a different way - they should be job givers not job seeker.
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Credit markets were originally created to serve human needs to provide businesses and individuals with capital to start or expand businesses or fulfill other financial needs.
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I made a list of people who needed just a little bit of money. And when the list was complete, there were 42 names. The total amount of money they needed was $27. I was shocked.
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