The Solution Revolution: How Business, Government, and Social Enterprises Are Teaming Up to Solve Society's Toughest Problems

by William Eggers, Paul Macmillan Narrated by Rick Adamson

Overview

World hunger. Climate change. Crumbling infrastructure. It's clear that in today's era of fiscal constraints and political gridlock the government alone can no longer tackle these and other towering social problems. What's required is a new, more collaborative and productive economic system. The Solution Revolution brings hope-revealing a new economy where players from across the spectrum of business, government, philanthropy, and social enterprise converge to solve big problems and create public value.

By erasing public-private sector boundaries, the solution economy is unlocking trillions of dollars in social benefit and commercial value. Where tough societal problems persist, new problem solvers are crowdfunding, ridesharing, app-developing, or impact-investing to design innovative new solutions for seemingly intractable problems. Providing low-cost health care, fighting poverty, creating renewable energy, and preventing obesity are just a few of the tough challenges that also represent tremendous opportunities for those at the vanguard of this movement.

Government cannot handle alone the huge challenges facing our global society-and it shouldn't. We need a different economic paradigm that can flexibly draw on resources, combine efforts, and create value, while improving the lives of citizens. The Solution Revolution shows the way.

Editorial Reviews

DECEMBER 2014 - AudioFile

With his documentary vocal style dominating his approach to this important book, narrator Rick Adamson gets the phrasing right and makes everything clear. He's earnestly engaged with the material, but his limited pitch patterns sound repetitious and dampen the listening experience by making the audio sound overly serious and lacking in personality. The authors offer a menu of innovative, edgy approaches to society’s most vexing problems. With their thoughtful explanations of solutions from around the world, they show how businesses can collaborate with government and social enterprises to focus on nonfinancial alternative currencies such as health outcomes, environmental sustainability, and community productivity. The partnerships and initiatives they’ve discovered provide needed direction and hope in the midst of government paralysis and a profit-obsessed business culture. T.W. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940171734435
Publisher:	HighBridge Company
Publication date:	04/30/2014
Edition description:	Unabridged

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