Quakernomics: An Ethical Capitalism, Paperback - Mike King

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With a foreword by Sir Adrian Cadbury, this book proves that the Quaker practice of 'total capitalism' is not a historically remote nicety but an immediately relevant guide for today's global economy..Mike King explores the ethical capitalism of Quaker enterprises from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, testing this theory against those of prominent economists. Combining commercial success with philanthropy and social activism, 'Quakernomics' offers a compelling model for corporate social responsibility in the modern world.

About the AuthorLamia Karim is associate professor of cultural anthropology at the University of Oregon, Eugene. This path-breaking study of gender, grassroots globalization, and neoliberalism in Bangladesh looks critically at the Grameen Bank and three of the leading NGOs in the country.

With a foreword by Sir Adrian Cadbury, this book proves that the Quaker practice of 'total capitalism' is not a historically remote nicety but an immediately relevant guide for today's global economy. Combining commercial success with philanthropy and social activism, 'Quakernomics' offers a compelling model for corporate social responsibility in the modern world.Mike King explores the ethical capitalism of Quaker enterprises from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, testing this theory against those of prominent economists..

About the AuthorLamia Karim is associate professor of cultural anthropology at the University of Oregon, Eugene. A compelling critique of the relationship between powerful NGOs and the financially strapped women beholden to them for capital, this book cautions us to be vigilant about the social realities within which women and loans circulate-realities that often have adverse effects on the lives of the very women these operations are meant to help. This path-breaking study of gender, grassroots globalization, and neoliberalism in Bangladesh looks critically at the Grameen Bank and three of the leading NGOs in the country.Amid euphoria over the benefits of microfinance, Lamia Karim offers a timely and sobering perspective on the practical, and possibly detrimental, realities for poor women inducted into microfinance operations.