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I wanted to give money to people like this woman so that they would be free from the moneylenders to sell their product

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"I wanted to give money to people like this woman so that they would be free from the moneylenders to sell their product at the price which the markets gave them - which was much higher than what the trader was giving them"

- Muhammad Yunus

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This quote is written / told by Muhammad Yunus somewhere between June 28, 1940 and today. He/she was a famous Economist. The author also have 13 other quotes.

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