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Incredibly inspiring and informative. I love the Sixteen Decisions. And I love how Yunus attempts to get to the real core of poverty and the poverty mentality and break the cycle.
Yunus has great and innovative ideas but this book was 200 pages of the same idea; lending to poor people and the politics at play. It's great that he and Grameen were successful, but this is not an interesting read and he's not a very crafty, entertaining writer. I enjoyed Jeffrey Sachs' The End of Poverty much more.
I had no idea that micro credit financing could have should a large impact on the poverty problem in the world stage. Dr. Yunus showcases his knowledge and drive to address poverty in his home country of Bangladesh and the world. He obviously knows a lot and you can clearly read this in the book. This large amount of knowledge thrown at the reader makes this book long and somewhat dull. The main idea is to track the Grameen Bank history but it quickly becomes more than that. It becomes an argument for specific economic philosophies that the author argues are better than what is currently used/popular. So it is difficult to keep track of the main topics of the book. Overall, the content is good but the delivery method is long and drawn out which drowns out his message.
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An in depth look at the beginnings and the growth of micro-credit and the Grameen organization. It is an autobiography of micro-credit as an idea and the ability it has to overcome poverty in the world. An excellent book to understand the basic history and concepts of micro-credit. I highly recommend it.
I expected a book about finance--even paradigm-shattering micro-finance in Bangladesh--to be at least a little bit boring. But this book really wasn't. At all. Yunus's writing is incredibly accessible, even exciting. He seems never to have sat still for any length of time in his life, and this dynamism extends to his descriptions of economic concepts. One quote I found particularly characteristic and convicting occurs on p. 206: "We can condemn the private sector for all its mistakes, but we cannot justify why we ourselves are not trying to change things, not trying to make things better by participating in the economy. The private sector, unlike the government, is open to everyone, even those not interested in making a profit. The challenge I set before anyone who condemns private-sector business is this: If you are a socially conscious person, why don't you run your business in a way that will help achieve social objectives?"
Great information, glad I have it, but this writer is basically terrible. It was like reading a 300-page business pamphlet written by the guy in the business who's been there from the beginning, but no one really likes him, but they let him write the pamphlet because he's the only one who knows as much as he does. This guy is basically a robot. A robot who's changed the lives of millions of poor people, but still a robot.
Initially I thought this would be another "development book", but I was quite surprised. Not only is Yunus very market-orientated, but insist on Grameen Bank being a fully commercial.
It was very inspiring to read how easily to give the poorest of the poor a chance by merely giving them monetary credit, and to hear Yunus tell how they found dignity and self-reliance when given an opportunity. The poor do not need training or aid, they only need credit from a bank so they can pool themselves out of poverty.
I would recommend it to everybody.
It was very inspiring to read how easily to give the poorest of the poor a chance by merely giving them monetary credit, and to hear Yunus tell how they found dignity and self-reliance when given an opportunity. The poor do not need training or aid, they only need credit from a bank so they can pool themselves out of poverty.
I would recommend it to everybody.
A cavallo tra l'autobiografia e il saggio di economia politica, "Il banchiere dei poveri" racconta la vita e le opere di Muhammad Yunus, fondatore, quasi suo malgrado, di Grameen, istituzione che ha sconvolto il concetto di lotta alla povertà , uscendo dalle scienze sociali per approdare al capitalismo e al mercato etici.
Nonostante alcune parti del libro abbiano un indubbio valore letterario, non applico per questa opera la metodologia di giudizio riservata ai romanzi, e quindi non assegno stelle
Nonostante alcune parti del libro abbiano un indubbio valore letterario, non applico per questa opera la metodologia di giudizio riservata ai romanzi, e quindi non assegno stelle
didn't think i'd like it, since i hate capitalism. but it gave me an interesting perspective on how a socially conscious private sector can develop to succeed where government programs tend to fail.