{"product_id":"be-the-solution-9780470450031","title":"Be the Solution","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if the distinction between business and doing good vanished? What if all those who engaged in business were committed to a deeper purpose, and all those committed to doing good were entrepreneurial and enterprising? What would it take for a world of seven billion such people to solve all the world's problems?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMore and more people are looking for meaning and purpose in their lives as employees, as consumers, and as investors. More and more people have more than enough material goods and are more interested in the qualities of the goods they buy; in the experiences associated with the services they provide and buy; in the way the companies they buy from act as citizens; and in self-actualizationrising up Maslow's hierarchy. As an increasing percentage of the population reaches the point at which they no longer need more stuff, what will they do, how will they live their lives? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are one of these people, wondering where to go from here, how to be the solution in the\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\" (\u003ci\u003eBarron's\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: The Entrepreneurial Spirit and How to Liberate It.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 Context (\u003ci\u003eMichael Strong\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 The Entrepreneur as Hero (\u003ci\u003eCandace Allen\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 The Opportunity : The Creative Powers of a Free Civilization (\u003ci\u003eMichael Strong\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: Conscious Capitalism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Creating a New Paradigm for Business (\u003ci\u003eJohn Mackey\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Social Business Entrepreneurs Are the Solution (\u003ci\u003eMuhammad Yunus\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 Business as Service:“Doing Well to Do Good” (\u003ci\u003eKartar Singh Khalsa\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 Leveraging Entrepreneurship for Social Change (\u003ci\u003eDonna Callejon\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three: What Do We Need to Do So That Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the World’s Problems?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 Solving All Environmental Problems (\u003ci\u003eMichael Strong\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 Eliminate Global Poverty (\u003ci\u003eMichael Strong\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10 Is Economic Freedom for Everyone? (\u003ci\u003eHernando de Soto\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11 Can Entrepreneurs Help Us Improve Our Understanding of the World? (\u003ci\u003eMichael Strong\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12 Improving Health, Happiness, and Well-Being (\u003ci\u003eMichael Strong\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Four: Living a Life of FLOW.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13 The Upward Flow of Human Development—Maps of the Terrain: From Success to Signifi cance—The Five Bottom Lines of Conscious Capitalism (\u003ci\u003eJohn Mackey and Dr. Don Beck\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14 Areté and the Entrepreneur (\u003ci\u003eBrian Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15 The Creation of Conscious Cultures in Support of Human Flourishing (\u003ci\u003eMichael Strong\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16 Liberating the Entrepreneurial Spirit for Good (\u003ci\u003eJeff Klein\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 17 The FLOW Vision for the Twenty-First Century (\u003ci\u003eMichael Strong\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Contributors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402335854935,"sku":"9780470450031","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470450031.jpg?v=1730480100","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/be-the-solution-9780470450031","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}