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Toasting a Very Optimistic 2009!

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 12.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Yunus, Future of Capitalism, Utopia, Social Business, Madoff, Pyramid Schemes, Social Stock Market, New Year's Commentary, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

The events of these past months are showing us what to avoid in the future and how our actions and votes can make a difference.

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Crisis = Disaster + Opportunity: Yin And Yang, And What China Knows About The Economy

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 11.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Chile, Yunus, Microcredit, French, Marianne De Boisredon, Yin, Opportunity, Grameen, Economy, Bank for the Poor, Social Business, Capitalism, China, Communism, Male, Yang, Hedge Funds, Disaster, Financial Crisis, Crisis, Socialist, Female, Private Banks, War on Terror, Banks for the Poor, Women and Business, Women in Business, War in Iraq, Global Recession, Bush Administration, Balanced Economy, Socialism, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

This lack of balance is why we need more women involved in leading the world's economy. There is simply too much of a male-focused approach and it is not working!

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President-Elect Obama: A Lesson from Your Mother-Put Women in Charge of the Economy!

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 11.13.2008 | Style

Read More: Obama's Mother, Women, Good Ole Boys, Grameen, Yunus, Microcredit, Iceland, Economic Crisis, Obama's Grandmother, Banking, S. Ann Soetero, President-Elect, Scandinavia, Barack Obama, Style News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Obama's mother knew a thing or two about how women, when in charge of the economy, be it of a household, a bank, or a country, can make a real difference.

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Poverty in America: The Problems and Solutions

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 10.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Yunus, Poverty, Check Cashing, Louisiana, Microlending, Nobel, Payday Loans, Obama, Mccain, Western Union, Rural, Teen Moms, Bush, Education, Clinton, South, Palin, Public Transportation, Communities, Shreveport, Economy, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

We need to make communities strong again. Our local money does not need to be mixed in with some guy's hedge fund abstract tranche of nothing all to make a fee for some banker in New York.

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Reading List for a Financial Meltdown

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 10.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Yunus, Robert Reich, Sinclair Lewis, Oprah, Financial Crisis, Bankers, Read, Book, Social Business, Wall Street, Poverty, Economy, Media News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Since some people will have more reading time in the days, weeks and months ahead, here are a few suggested reads. They have helped me during these past two years.

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The Upside Down Banker: Banks Like Goldman Sachs in the US Are Listening to Muhammad Yunus

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 04.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Sub-Prime, Yunus, Poverty, Investment Banks, Economy, Katrina, Women Entrepreneurs, Grameen America, Entrepreneurs, Bangladesh, 0, Emerging Markets, Village Banks, Credit Agricole, Double Digit Returns, Goldman Sachs, Credit, 000 Women, Us, Arms, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Banks in France, especially ones which began as "village banks" like Muhammed Yunus' own Grameen, have mutualist roots to begin with and are deeply linked to their communities well-being.

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The Two Most Productive Hours I Have Ever Spent: Learning from Muhammad Yunus

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 03.31.2008 | Business

Read More: Poverty, Wealth, Profit, Globalization, Survive, Himan Experience, Microcredit, Capitalism, Social Business, Credit, Financial Crisis, Yunus, Utopia, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

We are not machines created to make profit, says Muhammad Yunus. We are three-dimensional humans who need much more than financial profits to survive and thrive.

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