Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Calls for Fight Against Poverty

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Calls for Fight Against Poverty

Hello again,

By now you may have heard that India's innovative Economist, Muhammad Yunus accepted his Nobel Peace Prize yesterday in Stockholm for setting up his Grameen Bank almost 30 years ago to lend mostly unsecured loans to the poorest of the poor to help them create their own financial independence.

Here's an excerpt from his recent acceptance speech:

"We must address the root causes of terrorism to end it for all time," Yunus told hundreds of guests at City Hall in Oslo, Norway. "I believe putting resources into improving the lives of poor people is a better strategy than spending it on guns."

In his speech, Yunus also warned about the potential costs of globalization without help for the world's poor.

"To me, globalization is like a hundred-lane highway crisscrossing the world," Yunus said. "If it is a free-for-all highway, its lanes will be taken over by the giant trucks from powerful economies. Bangladeshi rickshaws will be thrown off the highway."

"Rule of 'strongest takes it all' must be replaced by rules that ensure that the poorest have a place and piece of the action, without being elbowed out by the strong," he said.

Congratulations, Mr. Yunus, for your vision turned into action to help eradicate poverty, one of the primary reasons for all human societal problems we now collectively face on Earth.

The rest of the story is on Yahoo! News.

Until next time,

Remain Magnificently Blessed.


Angela.

Angela Chen Shui
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Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Calls for Fight Against Poverty