A World of Three Zeros Quotes

“Economic growth is a rising tide that lifts all boats.”
― Yunus Muhammad, A WORLD OF THREE ZEROS: THE NEW ECONOMICS of ZERO POVERTY, ZERO UNEMPLOYMENT, and ZERO NET CARBON EMISSIONS

“If we can imagine something, there is a good chance that it will happen. If we don’t imagine it, there is almost no chance of it happening.”
― Muhammad Yunus, A World of Three Zeros: The New Economics of Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment, and Zero Net Carbon Emissions

“I’ve been arguing that the capitalist system as we know it is harmful without a new sector—the social business sector—that is dedicated to solving the problems we are piling up around us. It is driven by a largely overlooked factor in human behavior: the drive to solve human problems unselfishly for the simple joy and pride that it brings.”
― Muhammad Yunus, A World of Three Zeros: The New Economics of Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment, and Zero Net Carbon Emissions

“GDP does not and cannot tell the whole story. Activities that do not require money changing hands are not counted as part of GDP—which means that, in effect, many of the things real human beings cherish most are treated as having no value. By contrast, money spent on weapons of”
― Muhammad Yunus, A World of Three Zeros: The New Economics of Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment, and Zero Net Carbon Emissions