Sunday, October 12, 2008

Our Economic & Social Institutions Created Poverty

"Poverty has been created by the economic and social system that we have designed for the world. It is the institutions that we have built and feel so proud of, which created poverty" -- Muhammad Yunus

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Saturday, October 11, 2008

Belief in Poverty Perpetuates Poverty: Choose Prosperity

"If we had believed that poverty is unacceptable to us, and that it should not belong to a civilized society, we would have created appropriate institutions and policies to create a poverty-free world" -- Muhammad Yunus

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Saturday, September 20, 2008

Misery of Poor Caused by Institutions are a Great Sin

"If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin" -- Charles Darwin

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