After reading David Schwerin's book, "Conscious Globalism: What's wrong with the world and how to fix it," I found myself feeling hopeful about the world and its future. David's examination of complex economic, financial, and business issues is not only comprehensive but also comprehensible. He lays the foundation for understanding in an articulate, readable manner, so that readers without extensive background knowledge can easily follow his analyses.
Perhaps what makes this book so relevant is that it describes solutions that do not depend on a radical departure from current models but are grounded in the capitalist system. It does not discard profit and self-interest as motives, but rather leads the reader to more accurate understandings of these principles. Citing examples, David shows how adopting practices that align with real self-interest can increase profitability in corporations that enact good employment and sound environmental policies. He also shows how individual investors can make a difference through socially responsible investing. By consciously choosing companies whose policies and practices reflect their values, investors do not necessarily have to sacrifice profit-they may, in fact, even do better.
This wonderful book offers new ways to view previously held beliefs and realistically encourages all that is best in us.
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