Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism That Serves Humanity's Most Pressing Needs - Rilegato

The Spectator, June 2010“[A] reminder that capitalism can take kindlier forms: microfinance pioneer Yunus explains how he believes social enterprise can redeem what he regards as the failed promise of free markets.”   Sacramento Book Review, June 22, 2010“Giving poor people the resources to help themselves, Dr. Yunus has offered these individuals something more valuable than a plate of food, namely security in its basic form.... Dr. Yunus has invoked a new basis for capitalism whereby social business has the potential to change the failed promise of free market enterprise.” The Independent, June 6, 2010
“There are times when Professor Yunus' aims for Glasgow sound like something out of the Conservative's "Big Society" pitch. His latest book, Building Social Business, is 300 pages of Big Society pleading for people to go out there and create businesses which generate cash and contribute to the greater good at the same time.” Daily Star (Pakistan), August 1, 2010“Even a hard-core skeptic would find it difficult not to dream once the magic of Dr Muhammad Yunus' words as presented in the book start to make sense.” Stanford Social Innovation Review, Fall 2010

CHOICE, September 2010
“In nine short, well-written chapters, Yunus provides genuine insight into global poverty and a unique perspective on the ways in which social businesses can coexist with traditional businesses to alleviate poverty and improve the lives of the world's citizens.” 

Malaysia Star, July 10, 2010“’Social business is about joy,’ says Yunus. Indeed, and the book itself is joy to read. In modest prose, Yunus tells of undertakings that instill hope. He also gives a lot of ideas, along with nuts-and-bolts practical advice for people who are ready to take the plunge into the world of social business. In the years to come, it seems certain that social business will become an integral part of our economic structure and will positively change the lives of many people.”  Daily Times (Pakistan), August 7, 2010“Yunus may be an astute (social) businessman, but he also has a savvy side. He is quick to point out that working for any social business does not mean lowering one’s standards, for they offer employees competitive salaries and benefits; it simply means not profiting from the poor...Yunus has a Nobel Peace Prize 2006 (shared with Grameen Bank) to show for his efforts, and is already playing around with the building blocks of a new poverty-free world order.” 

Muhammad Yunus was born in Chittagong , Bangladesh, educated at Dhaka University, was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study economics at Vanderbilt University, and became head of the economics department at Chittagong University in 1972. He is the founder and managing director of Grameen Bank. Yunus and Grameen Bank are winners of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.

Karl Weber is a writer based in Irvington, New York. He co-authored Yunus’s best-selling book, Creating a World Without Poverty.

Alejandro Paez Varela (Ciudad Juarez, 1968) es escritor y periodista con una larga y solida trayetoria. Ha sido editor de El Economista. El Universal y Reforma. y reportero, articulista y funcionario en mas de una docena de medios mexicanos y extranjeros. Colaboro en Los intocables (Temas de Hoy, 2008). Los amos de Mexico (Temas de Hoy. 2007). Los suspirantes (Planeta, 2005) y Camas separadas. Su libro mas reciente es la novela Corazon de Kalashnikov.
Ignacio Alvarado Alvarez es periodista. Colaboro en El Diario de Juarez y en la Comision de Asuntos Fronterizos del Senado de la Republica. Fue Productor asociado en ARD. television publica alemana. Actualmente es parte de la unidad de investigacion de El Universal y publica en las revistas Dia Siete y Energia Hoy.
Miguel Angel Chavez Diaz De Leon es escritor y periodista. Su obra periodistica y poetica se ha publicado en varias revistas del pais. como Dia Siete. Tierra Adentro o Azar. Obtuvo el Premio Nacional de Periodismo 2009.
Enrique Lomas Urista es corresponsal, desde hace 16 anos, de Grupo Reforma en el estado de Chihuahua, especialista en temas como narcotrafico e indigenismo. Su trabajo como escritor se ha publicado en cuatro crestomatias de cuento y una de poesia.
Jose Perez Espino es periodista y coautor de varios titulos. Ha coordinado y editado catorce libros relacionados con el marco juridico de los medios de counicacion en Mexico. Es editor de la revista dominical Dia Siete.
Sandra Rodriguez Nieto es comunicologa. Colaboro en la revista Proceso y fue coeditora de informacion nacional en el periodico Reforma. Es reportera de El Diario de Juarez desde 2003 y ha cubierto el Operativo Conjunto Chihuahua.
Marcela Turati es periodista desde 1998. cuando comenzo a trabajar en Reforma. Es coordinadora de la red de periodistas sociales Periodistas de a pie. Actualmente colabora con la revista Proceso y publica en medios nacionales y extranjeros.