Dr Muhammad Yunus has been chosen as the interim leader of Bangladesh when thousands of demonstrators took to the streets and stormed her official residence and set it on fire. But who is Dr Yunus? Yahoo News Australia during the Covid-19 pandemic about the failure of the world’s economic systems to combat racism, poverty and environmental collapse. During our discussion, he declared himself a “compulsive optimist”, but warned the world’s obsession with money was putting humankind at risk.
During his 2021 interview with Yahoo, Yunus predicted current financial thinking that puts money above people would lead to global unrest. That warning appears to have been realised in his home country, where more than 300 people have died during the who has been described as a "tyrant" and an "autocrat" “(Outside the) house is burning, but inside the house we are having a party, enjoying ourselves,” he said. “(There’s) economic growth and fantastic prosperity and all the beautiful technology is making our lives wonderful, but we don’t give a second thought that we’re under a burning house.
“That’s how we have been addicted. Our eyes cannot see, our body cannot feel. Soon it will be all burnt into ash.
We can’t do that.” Yunus, now aged 83, was a pioneer in microfinance, a concept that gave loans to people ordinarily too poor to access credit, so they could become entrepreneurs. He founded the Grameen Bank in 1983 to carry out this service.
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