# Small Change: Why Business Won’t Save the World

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/04/07/small-change-why-business-wont-save-the-world/
- Published: 2013-04-07T21:40:31+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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A new movement is afoot that promises to save the world by applying
the magic of the market to the challenges of social change. Its supporters argue
that using business principles to solve global problems is far more effective than
more traditional approaches. What could be wrong with that?

 

 

 

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Almost everything, argues former Ford Foundation director Michael Edwards. In this
hard-hitting, controversial exposé, he marshals a wealth of evidence to reveal that
in reality, a market approach hurts more than it helps. Real change will come when
business acts more like civil society, not the other way around.

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