Be the Solution
How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the World s Problems
Published on 1. April 2009
320 pages
978-0-470-48814-0 (ISBN)
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Praise for Be the Solution
"In the past, many believed you either went into 'publicservice' to do good, or you 'went into business' to make money. Fewrealized that the long-term success of business depends on servingpeople, not making money. Few realized that perhaps the best way toserve the public was through free enterprise. Whole Foods Marketfounder John Mackey, visionary thinker Michael Strong, micro lenderMuhammad Yunus, and a few others understand these truths. Be theSolution is the best single book to read to understand the emergingways in which entrepreneurs can change the world."
--Gary Hoover, serial entrepreneur, founder of Hoover'sBusiness Information Service, Hooversworld.com
"Michael Strong speaks the truth. A must-read for our newAmerican government."
--Sam Wyly, founder, Green Mountain Energy; author of 1,000Dollars and an Idea
"This book is totally fantastic. Treat your mind to a feast. Useit to tune your vision towards what really works."
--Charles Harper, Senior Executive VP, Chief Strategist, JohnTempleton Foundation
"Perhaps more than ever before, young people today are motivatedby the desire to make the world a better place. Unfortunately, manyhave little idea about how to do it, and their educational studiesprovide them with little direction. In contrast, this book is aroad map about how we can get from where we are to where we want tobe--to a more peaceful, more prosperous, and moreenvironmentally sound world. Plus, it is exciting, uplifting, andadventurous. Indeed, it provides the recipe for a betterworld."
--Dr. James Gwartney, coauthor of Economic Freedom of theWorld: 2007 Annual Report; Gus A. Stavros Eminent Scholar Chairat Florida State University
"This is a very thoughtful and timely book that asks us to lookaround--and to look within--the amazing opportunitiesthat entrepreneurship offers to the world. I recommend this book toanyone interested in finding solutions to the currentcrisis."
--Giancarlo Ibarguen, Executive President, UniversidadFrancisco Marroquin
"At last, a book about the heart of capitalism as a force forcreating good in the world for solving many of our tough societalproblems. I hope our political leaders read it."
--R. Edward Freeman, Olsson Professor of BusinessAdministration, Academic Director, Business Roundtable Institutefor Corporate Ethics, University of Virginia
Reviews / Votes
"If Be the Solution is a bold title, the subtitle is even bolder: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the World's Problems. . . Author Strong's point, however, is not just that there is plenty of room for idealism in the capitalist system. His main argument is that, to the degree that the world's problems can be solved at all, conscious capitalism is the only possible solution. For example, in the chapter called "Solving All Environmental Problems," you'll find the best argument I've ever read on why government is part of the problem, and why property rights are fundamental to the solution. If you know some young, or old, person who would like to change the world, Be the Solution would be an ideal present." (Barron's)More details
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How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the World's Problems
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Michael Strong, educated at Harvard, St. John's College, and the University of Chicago, has created several high-performance private and charter schools, including a school that was named the 36th best public school in the United States on the Washington Post's Challenge Index. The author of The Habit of Thought: From Socratic Seminars to Socratic Practice, Strong has consulted for hundreds of educational institutions around the world. Prior to his career in education, he was a doctoral student at the University of Chicago working on a dissertation on "Ideas and Culture as Human Capital" under economics Nobel laureate Gary Becker. Strong is currently the CEO and Chief Visionary Officer of FLOW, Inc., the nonprofit organization he cofounded with John Mackey.
Content
Foreword.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Part One: The Entrepreneurial Spirit and How to LiberateIt.
Chapter 1 Context (Michael Strong).
Chapter 2 The Entrepreneur as Hero (Candace Allen).
Chapter 3 The Opportunity : The Creative Powers of a FreeCivilization (Michael Strong).
Part Two: Conscious Capitalism.
Chapter 4 Creating a New Paradigm for Business (JohnMackey).
Chapter 5 Social Business Entrepreneurs Are the Solution(Muhammad Yunus).
Chapter 6 Business as Service:"Doing Well to DoGood" (Kartar Singh Khalsa).
Chapter 7 Leveraging Entrepreneurship for Social Change(Donna Callejon).
Part Three: What Do We Need to Do So That Entrepreneurs andConscious Capitalists Can Solve All the World'sProblems?
Chapter 8 Solving All Environmental Problems (MichaelStrong).
Chapter 9 Eliminate Global Poverty (Michael Strong).
Chapter 10 Is Economic Freedom for Everyone? (Hernando deSoto).
Chapter 11 Can Entrepreneurs Help Us Improve Our Understandingof the World? (Michael Strong).
Chapter 12 Improving Health, Happiness, and Well-Being(Michael Strong).
Part Four: Living a Life of FLOW.
Chapter 13 The Upward Flow of Human Development--Maps ofthe Terrain: From Success to Signifi cance--The Five BottomLines of Conscious Capitalism (John Mackey and Dr. DonBeck).
Chapter 14 Areté and the Entrepreneur (BrianJohnson).
Chapter 15 The Creation of Conscious Cultures in Support ofHuman Flourishing (Michael Strong).
Chapter 16 Liberating the Entrepreneurial Spirit for Good(Jeff Klein).
Chapter 17 The FLOW Vision for the Twenty-First Century(Michael Strong).
About the Contributors.
Index.
