Social Businesses Can Cure Poverty

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Nobel winner Muhammad Yunus, who won the Nobel for his work in microfinance, explains how so-called social businesses can make everyone an entrepreneur and remedy inequality.

Yunus encourages us to see the world not through the lens of profit, but of social impact.

He spoke about his book, A World of Three Zeroes: The New Economics of Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment and Zero Net Carbon Emissions on the Knowledge@Wharton show.

Learn more about why a Nobel Laureate believes 'social businesses' can cure poverty.

Today in Global Small Business: Pope Francis Weighs In On Benefits of Globalization

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What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners:

• Why big shipping giants are snatching up global e-commerce service providers.
• The Pope gives impassioned remarks on globalization.
• Pope Francis weighs in on benefits of globalization.
• Microfinance brings impact opportunities and new markets for companies.
• How Arizona connects to the world.
• Eli's Cheesecake President Marc Schulman to give keynote talk on taking his business global 10/23.