David Bornstein

The prosperity of the

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The prosperity of the second half of the twentieth century was both a cause and an effect of social and scientific breakthroughs that have redefined human life. The biggest change is simply that people live longer and have far more freedom to think about things other than staying alive. David Bornstein

Much of the criticism

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Much of the criticism of economic globalization has centered on factory labor abuses. But the majority of the world’s poor are not employed in factories; they are self-employed – as peasant farmers, rural peddlers, urban hawkers, and small producers, usually involved in agriculture and small trade in the world’s vast informal economy . David Bornstein

The communications revolution has

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The communications revolution has given millions of people both a wider and more detailed understanding of the world. Because of technology, ordinary citizens enjoy access to information that formerly was available only to elites and nation-states. One consequence of this change is that citizens have become acutely conscious of environmental destruction, entrenched poverty, health catastrophes, … Read more

According to the management

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According to the management expert Peter F. Drucker, the term entrepreneur (from the French, meaning one who takes into hand) was introduced two centuries ago by the French economist Jean-Baptiste Say to characterize a special economic actor-not someone who simply opens a business, but someone who shifts economic resources out of an area of lower … Read more

What business entrepreneurs are

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What business entrepreneurs are to the economy, social entrepreneurs are to social change. They are the driven, creative individuals who question the status quo, exploit new opportunities, refuse to give up, and remake the world for the better. David Bornstein