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Title

Globalization from the bottom up : a blueprint for modern capitalism / A. Coskun Samli.

Author

Samli, A. Coskun.

Publication

New York ; London : Springer, 2008.

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Description

pages; cm.

Summary

"In Globalization from the Bottom Up, Josh Samli notes that as the profit pictures of the fuel, arms, medical services, and financial services industries reach unbelievable levels, by definition, most consumers get poorer because they have fewer resources to devote to other essentials, such as food, education, and housing. Adding insult to injury, of the 100 largest budgets in the world, 52 belong to private corporations. This accumulation of wealth (and the political influence that it bestows) is what Samli calls the "greed factor"; left unchecked and unguided, it could spell economic, environmental, and cultural disaster. While acknowledging that power will continue to be concentrated at the lop level of the pyramid, Samli offers an alternative model, a philosophy and practice of "social capitalism" that is grounded in a bottom-up approach to wealth creation. Drawing from examples around the world, Samli argues that wherever the entrepreneurial spirit is tapped, financial, social, and political change will inevitably take place, as other actors in the system recognize opportunities to reap the benefits (for example, through the creation of more consumers and collection of more taxes). Making the direct links among entrepreneurship, economic development, environmental protection, and political freedom, and offering practical recommendations for enlarging the pie, rather than slicing it into smaller pieces, Samli presents a provocative, and ultimately hopeful, view of a more inclusive, wealthier, and sustainable future."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Globalization > Economic aspects
• International economic relations
• Economic development

Contents

1. The Dismal World Picture -- Abject Poverty -- Just What Is Happening to the Haves and Have-Nots -- Middle Class Is Withering Away -- The Need for a Middle Class -- Insecurity and Clash of Civilizations -- The Prospect of Class Warfare -- Treating the Symptoms Rather than the Causes -- Proactivity Matters -- Micromanaging Macroissues Does Not Pay -- The Greed Factor -- A Comparative Analysis -- Differences in the Practices -- 2. The Growth of Militarism and Its Cost -- The 20th Century Was the Bloodiest of All -- Military Expenditures -- The Aftermath of the Cold War -- Guns or Butter -- Illiteracy and Militarism -- 3. The Physical Status of the Fragile Planet -- Pollution and the Future -- Lack of Controls Means Bleak Future -- Environmental Responsibility Is Everybody's Business -- Power Structures Versus Environmental Needs -- The Throwaway Economy Versus Eco-economy -- The Dishonest Accounting Systems -- If the Planet Does Not Survive, No One Can -- What About Population Increase -- 4. The Most Promising Tool is Partly the Cause -- Capital Flow -- Information -- Technology -- Know-How -- Companies Are Growing Larger than Nations -- Global Giants Go Only After Profitable Markets -- Global Giants Do Not Create Jobs -- Capitalism Takes Many Forms -- How About Social Capitalism? -- 5. Generating Wealth in Societies -- The Necessary Orientation -- Developing the Infrastructure -- Generating New Ideas and Implementing Them -- Skills for Discoveries -- Investments into Manufacturing and Housing -- The Society's Manpower Resources Must Be Utilized -- Distributing Wealth Efficiently and Equitably -- The Changing Parameters of Capitalism -- 6. Bottom-Up Globalization, Not Top-Down -- What Does Size Mean? -- The Problem with Global Giants -- The Needed Second Wave -- How Can We Get Lean, Mean Companies to Partner? -- What Do Small Firms Have to Offer? -- What FDIs Cannot Do -- Searching for the Right Partner -- The Balance Between Foreign Influences and Local Control -- Partnering, the Necessary Ingredient -- 7. Double Entrepreneurship is Synergistic -- Conditions Conducive for Entrepreneurship -- Macroatmosphere -- Personality Characteristics -- External Events -- An Entrepreneurial Culture -- Creativity Must Be Stimulated -- Leadership Characteristics Must Be Cultivated -- Performance Must Be Supported -- From Market-Dominant Minorities to an Entrepreneurial Culture -- Entrepreneurial Alliance Management -- More Emphasis on Endogenous Growth is Needed -- 8. Toward Additional Key Solutions -- Rebuilding Infrastructure -- Eliminating Causes of Terrorism -- More, Better, and Fairer World Trade -- More Beneficial Technology Transfer -- Involving the Poor and Underprivileged in Economic Activity -- Better Distribution of Economic Gains -- Social Capitalism Once Again -- Slowing Down Procreation -- More Compassion is Necessary -- 9. If They Win, We Win -- The World Economy Is Not a Zero-Sum Game -- World Markets Must Develop -- From Winner Take All to Proportionality -- Getting Ready for a War Is Not It -- No Tanks, Just Tractors -- There Is Still Hope -- Make War on Global Poverty -- Yes, Virginia There Is a Future -- The Win-Win Scenario -- 10. Treating the Consumers at Different Levels of the Pyramid -- Maslow's Hierarchy and the Global Pyramid -- The Modern Capitalist and World Consumers -- 11. A Global Ethics Stand -- Differing Opinions About Ethics -- Global Ethics and Modern Capitalists -- External Day-to-Day Pressures -- Situational Variables -- Interferences -- 12. The Future Outlook -- The Power Troika -- Future Areas of Research Concentration -- 13. Financing the Future -- Improving the World's Financial System -- Questionable Practices -- The Structural Conditions -- Other Creative Solutions.

ISBN

• 9780387770970 (hbk.)
• 0387770976 (hbk.)

LCCN

99820407694

OCLC

• 212327909
• ocn212327909
• SCSB-9035151

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries