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146 “We are on the cusp of an epic shift”: Jeremy Rifkin, The Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis (New York: Penguin, 2009), 3.
147 “Seven billion individual connections”: Ibid., 594.
148 In his 1963 work “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”: Martin Luther King Jr., “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” www.africa.upenn.edu.
149 Conservative commentator Tony Blankley: Left, Right and Center, 15 Jan. 2010, www.kcrw.com.
150 As America’s Misery Index soars: www.miseryindex.us.
151 “We have to lean on one another …”: Barack Obama, eulogy for West Virginia Miners, 25 Apr. 2010, www.whitehouse.gov.
152 David Brooks has written about the need: David Brooks, “The Broken Society,” 18 Mar. 2010, www.nytimes.com.
153 “Volunteering, especially among professional classes and the young”: Philip Blond “Cameron’s ‘Big Society,’ ” 25 Apr. 2010, www.guardian.co.uk.
154 In 2002 in San Francisco’s Mission district: “About 826,” www.826valencia.org.
155 In Brooklyn, New York, FEAST: Danny LaChance, “An Idea Grows in Brooklyn,” University of Minnesota Alumni Association, spring 2010, www.minnesotaalumni.org.
156 Matthew Bishop, U.S. business editor for the Economist: Howard Davies, “A New Take on Giving,” 10 Jan. 2009, www.guardian.co.uk.
157 Social entrepreneurs pinpoint social problems: Caroline Hsu, “Entrepreneur for Social Change,” 31 Oct. 2005, www.usnews.com.
158 Providing microcredit to small businesses: Devin Leonard, “Microcredit? To Him, It’s Only a Start,” 30 Apr. 2010, www.nytimes.com.
159 In 2008, Yunus’s Grameen bank opened a branch in New York: “About Us,” www.grameenamerica.com.
160 In 2010 it opened a branch in Omaha, Nebraska: “Grameen America Celebrates Grand Opening of Omaha Branch,” 24 Feb. 2010, www.grameenamerica.com.
161 The Grameen Bank’s slogan: “Banking for the unbanked”: Emily Belz, “Recession-Proof Banking?” World Magazine, 20 Jun, 2009, www.worldmag.com.
162 Hoping to serve one million American entrepreneurs: “About Us,” www.grameenamerica.com.
163 The average loan amount is $1,500 (no collateral necessary): Laura Thompson Osuri, “Coming to America,” American Banker, Apr. 2010, www.americanbanker.com.
164 Since 1991, ACCION USA: “About ACCION USA: Who We Are,” www.accionusa.org.
165 Luis Zapeda Alvarez: “Meet Our Borrowers: Bakery Delivery Service,” www.accionusa.org.
166 Another New Yorker, Lyn Genet Recitas: “Meet Our Borrowers: Neighborhood Holistic,” ACCION USA, www.accionusa.org.
167 DonorsChoose.org, for example, invites public school teachers: “Impact to Date,” May 2010, www.donorschoose.org.
168 In Connecticut, Web developer Ben Berkowitz: Daniel E. Slotnik, “News Sites Dabble with a Web Tool for Nudging Local Officials,” 3 Jan. 2010, www.nytimes.com.
169 Using the backbone of social networking to help people connect: Robin Wauters, “Google, Other Tech Heavyweights Back Volunteer Community Service All for Good,” 15 Jun. 2009, www.techcrunch.com.
170 When television journalist Andrea McCarren: Andrea McCarren, “A Laid-off Journalist Charts a New Course via Social Media,” Nieman Reports, Winter 2009, www.nieman.harvard.edu.
171 were inspired to launch Project Bounce Back: “About This Project,” www.projectbounceback.com.
172 And it would be great if: Andrew Carnegie, The Gospel of Wealth and Other Timely Essays (New York: The Century Co., 1901), 43.
173 the wealthiest 1 percent: G. William Domhoff, “Wealth, Income, and Power,” Apr. 2010, www.sociology.usc.edu/whorulesamerica.
174 The pair has launched The Giving Pledge: Carol J. Loomis, “The $600 Billion Challenge,” 16 Jun. 2010, www.fortune.cnn.com.
175 Buffett has promised to give: Warren Buffett, “My Philanthropic Pledge,” 16 Jun. 2010, www.fortune.cnn.com.
176 And others are starting to join in: Dakin Campbell and Katya Kazakina, “Broad, Bloomberg Back Buffett Call for Billionaire Donations,” 17 Jun. 2010, www.bloomberg.com.
177 If The Giving Pledge catches on: Carol J. Loomis, “The $600 Billion Challenge,”