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Creating a World Without Poverty
333 pages
An inspiring, pragmatic blueprint for harnessing human altruism and free markets to solve the world's most pressing inequalities.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like sitting down with a visionary mentor who genuinely believes in the boundless potential of human goodness. The pace is steady and deliberate, guiding you through complex economic concepts with the ease of a master storyteller. It is not a dry academic text, but rather a hopeful, purposeful manifesto that balances the sobering realities of global poverty with deeply uplifting case studies of social businesses in action. The prose is clear, earnest, and accessible, stripping away jargon to reveal the beating heart of a new kind of capitalism. It will deeply resonate with social entrepreneurs, idealists, and pragmatic optimists who are hungry for actionable, market-driven solutions that prioritize human dignity over pure profit.
- Mood
- hopeful
- purposeful
- uplifting
- forward-looking
- Tone
- earnest
- visionary
- pragmatic
- optimistic
- authoritative
- Pace
- steady
- Themes
- redefining capitalism · power of social enterprise · human altruism · systemic change · empowering the marginalized
- The writing
- Clear, accessible, and persuasive, blending economic theory with compelling human stories.
- The arc
- Moves from a sobering assessment of global inequality to an empowering, actionable vision for a more equitable future.
- Who it's for
- Idealists, social entrepreneurs, and anyone looking for practical, market-driven solutions to global poverty.
Content notes
- discussions of extreme poverty
- systemic inequality
About the book
The In the last two decades, free markets have swept the globe, bringing with them enormous potential for positive change. But traditional capitalism cannot solve problems like inequality and poverty, because it is hampered by a narrow view of human nature in which people are one-dimensional beings concerned only with profit. In fact, human beings have many other drives and passions, including the spiritual, the social, and the altruistic. Welcome to the world of social business, where the creative vision of the entrepreneur is applied to today's most serious problems: feeding the poor, housing the homeless, healing the sick, and protecting the planet.--From publisher description.
Description from Open Library.
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