Economics Quotes by Muhammad Yunus

What good does the theory [of economics] do if it is not working for people?

— Muhammad Yunus

The crisis is the price for the capitalist system

— Muhammad Yunus

Capitalism is not about the profit motive. Capitalism is about free markets. What you do in the market, in your free will,…

— Muhammad Yunus

Here we were talking about economic development, about investing billions of dollars in various programs, and I could see it wasn't billions…

— Muhammad Yunus

To overcome poverty and the flaws of the economic crisis in our society, we need to envision our social life. We have…

— Muhammad Yunus

Good economic theory must give the people the chance to use their talents to build their own lives. We must get away…

— Muhammad Yunus

Capitalism has been interpreted as an exclusively profit-centric human engagement. Some have been saying to bring people and planet into the picture.…

— Muhammad Yunus

Money commands everything because that's our interpretation of capitalism... what kind of world is that? It's a very uncomfortable interpretation of a…

— Muhammad Yunus

The essence of capitalism is expressed in two of its basic features: a) profit maximization and b) market competition. In their abstract…

— Muhammad Yunus

I began my career as an economics professor but became frustrated because the economic theories I taught in the classroom didn't have…

— Muhammad Yunus

What I did not know yet about hunger, but would find out over the next twenty-one years, was that brilliant theorists of…

— Muhammad Yunus

“I am not a capitalist in the simplistic left/right sense. But I do believe in the power of the global free-market economy…

— Muhammad Yunus