social businesses

[marvenger]

This is what I see as an efficient way to allocate resources. Just needs enough people to get behind it to keep the momentum going and driving it. Getting rid of alll the milton freedman free market/selfinterest ideology is necessary.

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politi...0315-q9ib.html

[cjppjc]

Re: social businesses

Real change does begin in the individual.

"Whatever the problem is, you can create a social business to solve it. You have a choice - if there is a problem, you can grumble about it, or you can complain to the government to do something about it, or you can start a social business and deal with it."




This is a man who should be given more attention. One of the best links ever posted on this site IMO. It resonates at the same level with all people I think. Thank you very much Marvenger.



Because conventional corporations are an outgrowth of only one aspect of the human being, he argues: "The part they appeal to is selfishness. But humans also have a selfless part, and social business is an expression of that part. The two only make sense together.
"I can make my mark in the world, not just money. At the end of my life, has it been worth living? At the moment, you spend your life stacking up money and goodbye. And that's it?"

[marvenger]

Re: social businesses

I agree I think this is very powerful. Someone who is secure enough to think of himself as being composed of two opposed parts, a selfish and a social, and doesn't feel he has to choose one for the sake of apparent consistency, which ends up being a bigger inconsistency in my opinion. Rare man, the fact he is getting some serious attention is awesome. Peter Hartcher is the chief political editor of the Sydney Morning Herald and I was very surprised to see him give this man's ideas praise without an underlying caveat that he is also a dreamer.