Muhammad Yunus

The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize outlines his vision for a new business model that combines the power of free markets with the quest for a more humane world--and he tells the inspiring stories of companies that are doing this work today. 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...

Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus outlines his vision for social business-a new business model that combines the power of free markets with the quest for a more humane world--and tells the inspiring stories of companies that are doing this work today. In the last two decades,  free markets have swept the globe, bringing with them enormous  potential for positive change.

The founder of the Grameen Bank relates how he developed the system of micro-credit to help eradicate poverty in countries such as Bangladesh by providing financial education and small loans to rural families.

To catch a dollar is an inspiring documentary that follows the opening of the first American branch of the Grameen Bank, offering collateral-free loans to some of the poorest but most determined women in Queens, NY. Nobel Peace Prize winner Professor Muhammad Yunus, the creator of the Grameen Bank and the concept of micro loans, visits the Queens branch in the midst of his whirlwind global travels as he tries to raise awareness and support for micro-finance...