The Moral Marketplace

How Mission-Driven Millennials and Social Entrepreneurs Are Changing Our World

by Asheem Singh

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Pub Date Jan 31 2018 | Archive Date Jun 15 2018

Policy Press

Business, Leadership, Finance | Nonfiction (Adult)

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In the midst of government retrenchment, austerity, and growing inequality, social entrepreneurs have in recent years come to prominence as sources of ideas, innovation, and funding for solving problems in societies worldwide. In this book, author and activist Asheem Singh shows how the social entrepreneurship movement developed from a number of extremely modest initial ventures into a global humanitarian and financial juggernaut that is rethinking philanthropy, government, and even capitalism itself. An inspiring guide to a dynamic area of activism, The Moral Marketplace not only describes the current landscape of social entrepreneurism, but also reminds us that we all can play a crucial role in taking on the biggest challenges of our time.

In the midst of government retrenchment, austerity, and growing inequality, social entrepreneurs have in recent years come to prominence as sources of ideas, innovation, and funding for solving...

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EDITION	Paperback
ISBN	9781447337744
PRICE	$22.00 (USD)
PAGES	256

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Asheem Singh, former interim chief executive of Acevo (British charity leaders group) and a mentee of Paul Farmer, has a new book, MORAL MARKETPLACE, which is about a different kind of entrepreneur. As the subtitle says, it focuses on "how mission-driven millennials and social entrepreneurs are changing our world." Singh uses numerous examples, noting for instance, that "citizens from every other continent outside North America and Europe are more likely to buy from social enterprises than people from these two places. ... we are the ones who have to catch up." He explores topics like incubators, co-operatives, metrics and measure, education, and government action, concluding with a section advocating a new kind of capitalism. Related titles in our collection would include ones like Start Something that Matters, Do the Kind Thing, How We Got to Now, Eric Liu's You're More Powerful than You Think and Yunus Muhammad's Creating a World without Poverty.

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