Giving triggers social cohesion. It's also the basis for an economy not based on money.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Being able to save, make non-cash payments, send or receive remittances, get credit, or get insurance can be instrumental in raising living standards and helping businesses prosper. It helps people to invest more in education or health care.
Money is a mechanism for control.
While prosperity is in some ways related to money, it is not caused by money.
Money is a way of creating scarcity.
I think that money spoils most things, once it becomes the primary motivating force.
Money brings some happiness. But after a certain point, it just brings more money.
We need to shift from an economic organizing principle for human civilization, to a humanitarian organizing principle. Making money more important than your own children is a pathological way for an individual to run their affairs, and it's a pathological way for a society to run its affairs.
Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there.
Financial inclusion helps lift people out of poverty and can help speed economic development. It can draw more women into the mainstream of economic activity, harnessing their contributions to society.
The only currency isn't money. For me, it's about how can you build a good business that's also a social business.