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How do we
more rapidly open the world – fostering
a greater flow of information and resources – and provide
the institutional infrastructure so that there are no more
impoverished regions on Earth, allowing the world’s 4
billion poorest people to achieve a decent standard of living?
- Vernon Smith, “Human Betterment Through Globalization,” a great
short introduction to the subject from the 2002 Nobel Laureate in Economics. Audio
- Economic Freedom of the World Index ranks
nations based on an economic freedom index and shows the extraordinary
correlations between economic freedom and a variety of measures of
human well-being.
- Oxfam: a wide variety of materials on ending global poverty, currently leading
an initiative to end agricultural subsidies in the developed world.
- Ethical Globalization Initiative:encourages
globalization from a human rights perspective, with an emphasis on
trade, migration, and HIV issues.
- The Democratic Peace: data
on the peaceful implications of a democratic world, including a comprehensive
analysis for and against the thesis that two democracies do not fight
wars.
- The Global Prosperity Initiative: A
think tank focusing on the use of entrepreneurs and markets as a means of
alleviating global poverty.
- Sarah McLachlin, "World on Fire," a powerful music video
reminding us of the good that can be done in the developing world by very small dollar amounts,communicated by means of integrity and personal
example rather than anger, hatred, or aggression. Watch it and then go to GlobalGiving, or start an Open
World entrepreneurial project.
- Benjamin Friedman, The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth.
Detailed historical data on how economic growth results in humane values
and economic stagnation and decline lead to social, political, and military
conflict.
- Hernando de Soto, The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Succeeds
in the West and Fails Everywhere Else. How the poor desperately need
property rights and decreased regulation in order for the “dead capital” they
possess to become valuable “live capital.”
- Mohammad Yunus, Banker to the Poor. The father of microfinance
provides an inspiring and informative account of the origin of the microfinance
movement.
- C. K. Prahalad, The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid. Calls
attention to the vast marketing opportunities among the poor, and how to
get the products they need to them.
- Johan Norberg, In Defense of Global Capitalism. Tthe benefits of
globalization described clearly and eloquently.
In addition to the information presented above, we encourage
you to examine the Open World Sustainability Initiative presented
below. Open World presents
a vision of on-line entrepreneurial opportunities in which
developed world entrepreneurs can partner with developing world
entrepreneurs to launch business while create global peace,
prosperity, and well-being. We encourage the development of
such businesses.
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