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Future Perfect: Dreamers, Schemers & Visionaries

Part Two

 

It's not hard to see why economics is called "the dismal science" – after we were blind-sided by the worst financial meltdown in decades. But economics does have its visionaries - like Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman and fellow Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, who's started a new kind of bank that lends money to the very poor. Then there's Jeffrey Sachs, who's working to build a sustainable future in developing countries. And for some hands-on economic lessons in Afghanistan, meet "Three Cups of Tea" author Greg Mortensen.

  1. Muhammad Yunus on Micro-Lending

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    Muhammad Yunus founded the Grameen Bank which pioneered the practice of micro-lending as a way for poor people to start their own businesses.

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  2. Reverend Billy on Economic Spirituality

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    A rant/sermon from Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir.

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  3. Jeffrey Sachs on Susatinable Economics

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    Jeffery Sachs discusses why we need a new economic model rooted in an environmentally sustainable future.

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  4. Naomi Klein on Disaster Capitalism

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    Naomi Klein discusses how countries impose "disaster capitalism" on countries to get otherwise unpopular policies accepted.

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  5. Greg Mortensen on "Three Cups of Tea"

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    Greg Mortensen is the author of "Three Cups of Tea." The book explains how a failed attempt to climb K2 led to a program to build schools in the heart of Taliban country in Pakistan and Afghanistan with local people and donated money.

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  6. Paul Krugman on Visionary Economics

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    Paul Krugman is one of America's most visible economists. He teaches at Princeton, has a column in the New York Times and won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics.

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