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A world of three zeros : the new economics of zero poverty, zero unemployment, and zero net carbon emissions

By: Yunus, Muhammad
Title By: Weber, Karl
Publisher: New York : Public Affairs (US), c2017.Description: 288 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781541767928Subject(s): Economics | Poverty | UnemploymentDDC classification: 330 YU AW Online resources: Location Map
Summary:
Muhammad Yunus, who created microcredit, invented social business, and earned a Nobel Peace Prize for his work in alleviating poverty, is one of today's most trenchant social critics. Now he declares it's time to admit that the capitalist engine is broken--that in its current form it inevitably leads to rampant inequality, massive unemployment, and environmental destruction. We need a new economic system that
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330 YU AW (Browse shelf) Available may2018 T0058212
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Part one. The challenge --
The failures of capitalism --
Creating a new civilization: the countereconomics of social business --
Part two. The three zeros --
Zero poverty: bringing an end to income inequality --
Zero unemployment: we are not job seekers, we are job creators --
Zero net carbon: creating an economics of sustainability --
A road map to a better future --
Part three. Megapowers for transforming the world --
Youth: energizing and empowering the young people of the world --
Technology: unleashing the power of technology to liberate all people --
Good governance and human rights: keys to building a society that works for all --
Part four. Stepping stones to the future --
The legal and financial infrastructure we need --
Redesigning the world of tomorrow.

Muhammad Yunus, who created microcredit, invented social business, and earned a Nobel Peace Prize for his work in alleviating poverty, is one of today's most trenchant social critics. Now he declares it's time to admit that the capitalist engine is broken--that in its current form it inevitably leads to rampant inequality, massive unemployment, and environmental destruction. We need a new economic system that

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