Social Entrepreneurs

Authors discussed the role that social entrepreneurs play, or could play, in improving social and economic conditions in the U.S. and internationally. Peter Osnos moderated. Topics included micro-loans, education, the environment, international economics, combating terrorism, and world population. After their presentations the panelists responded to audience members' questions.

A videotaped message from Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus was shown. He is the author of More Than Profits: How Social Business Can End Poverty and Change the World.

Teresa Heinz Kerry is the co-author of This Moment on Earth: Today’s New Environmentalists and Their Vision for the Future. Wendy Kopp is the author of One Day, All Children. . .: The Unlikely Triumph of Teach for America and What I Learned along the Way. George Soros is the author of The Age of Fallibility: Consequences of the War on Terror. James Wolfensohn is the author of [A Global Life: My Journey among Rich and Poor, from Wall Stre close