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The Defiant Optimist Daring to Fight Global Inequality, Reinvent Finance, and Invest in Women.

When she launched the world's first social stock exchange, Durreen Shahnaz started more than a financial system; she sparked a movement. Defiant optimism means changing how systems work--and who they work for. In these pages Shahnaz offers strategies for placing women, the underserved, and the...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shahnaz, Durreen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis, Minnesota : 1517 Media, 2023.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Part I: Stitch Threads of Defiance
  • 1. Being a Girl
  • 2. Tea with Soldiers
  • 3. The Meaning of Independence
  • 4. Should and Should Not
  • 5. Defying the Status Quo
  • Part II: Search for the Source of Power
  • 6. Rebel with a Cause
  • 7. Where Power Lives
  • 8. Off to Wall Street
  • 9. Balancing between Two Worlds
  • 10. Cross the Bridge
  • 11. When a Woman Signs Her Name
  • 12. Build Your Own Bridge
  • Part III: Connect the Haves and Have-Nots
  • 13. Toward a Global Marketplace
  • 14. Who Will Put the Equity in Equity?
  • 15. A Growth Mindset
  • 16. The Day Papers Fell from the Sky
  • 17. Things Fall Apart
  • Part IV: Imagine a New World
  • 18. Belonging
  • 19. Something to Fight For
  • 20. New Systems, from Scratch
  • 21. The Meaning of Impact
  • 22. Build a New Model
  • 23. Another One Bites the Dust
  • 24. The Phoenix Rises
  • Part V: Create Your Own Change
  • 25. Put One Foot in Front of the Other
  • 26. Invest in Women
  • 27. Find Strength in Friends and Allies
  • 28. Make Their Weapons Your Tools
  • 29. Be Inspired by Those Who Went Before
  • 30. Stay True to the Vision
  • Commitments of the Defiant Optimist
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes