"The profit orientation is only one orientation of a person. The same people who are interested in profit-making are also selfless. I am not saying that capitalist theory is wrong. I am saying that it has not been interpreted and practiced fully."

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Source: Create social business funds in each country and city. Interview with David Bornstein, www.thedailystar.net. April 19, 2013.

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Muhammad Yunus

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