Talks at Google

Ep499 - Muhammad Yunus | A World of Three Zeros


Listen Later

Muhammad Yunus, a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and bestselling author of "Banker to the Poor," visits to Google to talk about his book "A World of Three Zeroes."

Muhammad Yunus is one of today's most vigorous social critics. Now he declares it's time to admit that the capitalist engine is broken, and that in its current form it inevitably leads to rampant inequality, massive unemployment, and environmental destruction. He advocates for a new economic system that unleashes altruism as a creative force just as powerful as self-interest.

Is this a pipe dream? Not at all. In the last decade, thousands of people and organizations have already embraced Yunus's vision of a new form of capitalism, launching innovative social businesses designed to serve human needs rather than accumulate wealth. They are bringing solar energy to millions of homes in Bangladesh; turning thousands of unemployed young people into entrepreneurs through equity investments; financing female-owned businesses in cities across the United States; bringing mobility, shelter, and other services to the rural poor in France; and creating a global support network to help young entrepreneurs launch their start-ups.

In "A World of Three Zeros," Yunus describes the new civilization emerging from the economic experiments his work has helped to inspire. He explains how global companies like McCain, Renault, Essilor, and Danone got involved with this new economic model through their own social action groups, describes the ingenious new financial tools now funding social businesses, and sketches the legal and regulatory changes needed to jumpstart the next wave of socially driven innovations.

Originally published in November of 2017.

Visit http://youtube.com/TalksAtGoogle/ to watch the video.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Talks at GoogleBy Talks at Google

  • 4.1
  • 4.1
  • 4.1
  • 4.1
  • 4.1

4.1

120 ratings


More shows like Talks at Google

View all
We Study Billionaires - The Investor’s Podcast Network by The Investor's Podcast Network

We Study Billionaires - The Investor’s Podcast Network

3,383 Listeners

The McKinsey Podcast by McKinsey & Company

The McKinsey Podcast

390 Listeners

The Knowledge Project by Shane Parrish

The Knowledge Project

2,673 Listeners

The Strategy Skills Podcast: Strategy | Leadership | Critical Thinking | Problem-Solving by FirmsConsulting.com & StrategyTraining.com

The Strategy Skills Podcast: Strategy | Leadership | Critical Thinking | Problem-Solving

108 Listeners

a16z Podcast by Andreessen Horowitz

a16z Podcast

1,087 Listeners

HBR IdeaCast by Harvard Business Review

HBR IdeaCast

1,828 Listeners

TED Business by TED

TED Business

1,112 Listeners

Cold Call by HBR Presents / Brian Kenny

Cold Call

198 Listeners

Masters of Scale by WaitWhat

Masters of Scale

3,982 Listeners

HBS Managing the Future of Work by Harvard Business School

HBS Managing the Future of Work

105 Listeners

Naval by Naval

Naval

2,137 Listeners

Think Fast Talk Smart: Communication Techniques by Matt Abrahams, Think Fast Talk Smart

Think Fast Talk Smart: Communication Techniques

808 Listeners

The So What from BCG by Boston Consulting Group BCG

The So What from BCG

222 Listeners

HBR On Leadership by Harvard Business Review

HBR On Leadership

159 Listeners

Stanford GSB: View From The Top by StanfordGSB

Stanford GSB: View From The Top

21 Listeners