Globalization from the Bottom Up

1. Front Matter

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2. The Dismal World Picture

   • A. Coskun Samli

   Pages 1-15

3. The Growth of Militarism and Its Cost

   • A. Coskun Samli

   Pages 17-25

4. The Physical Status of the Fragile Planet

   • A. Coskun Samli

   Pages 27-36

5. The Most Promising Tool is Partly the Cause

   • A. Coskun Samli

   Pages 37-50

6. Generating Wealth in Societies

   • A. Coskun Samli

   Pages 51-61

7. Bottom-Up Globalization, Not Top-Down

   • A. Coskun Samli

   Pages 63-76

8. Double Entrepreneurship is Synergistic

   • A. Coskun Samli

   Pages 77-88

9. Toward Additional Key Solutions

   • A. Coskun Samli

   Pages 89-96

10. If They Win, We Win

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    Pages 97-103

11. Treating the Consumers at Different Levels of the Pyramid

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    Pages 105-109

12. A Global Ethics Stand

    • A. Coskun Samli

    Pages 111-115

13. The Future Outlook

    • A. Coskun Samli

    Pages 117-124

14. Financing the Future

    • A. Coskun Samli

    Pages 125-132

15. Back Matter

    Pages 145-147

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The net pro?t of Exxonfor the year2005was reportedto be almost $8 billion which re?ectedabout40percentgrowthinits pro?tpicturewithina year. Aspro?tpictures of fuel, arms, medical services and ?nancial services industries among others reach unbelievable levels, by de?nition, most consumers get poorer because they have less money left for other essentials for their lives such as food, education, medical needs, and housing. Adding insult to injury, of the 100 largest budgets in the world, 52 belong to private corporations. Needless to say, such accumulation of economic power and such mind-boggling pro?t pictures do not encourage any movement on the part of these powerhouse companies to reach out and do something about the troubled world within which they have amassed such economic and indeed in- rectly political power. This is a questionable view of the world; I have to get more power before others do it and I get it at the expense of others. This is what this author coins the GREED FACTOR. As has been said, power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. The greed factor unfortunately is at the threshold of - solute power that corrupts absolutely. Unchecked and unguided continuity of this orientation is bound to bring disaster to this very fragile planet called the earth. We must establish a point of view that if the world we live in does better, there will be more for everyone. In other words, everyonewill be better off economically.

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• Entrepreneurship
• Globalization
• Poverty
• Sustainable Development
• global economy
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