For better or worse, the choices citizens make today will
shape human history for decades to come.
Since the Global Financial Crisis, we have been approaching a crossroad
in modern human history. The top 1 percent of people own more than half
of the world's wealth, while hundreds of millions suffer in extreme
poverty. Governments quarrel over the politics of environmental policy,
even as climate change poses an existential threat to life on the
planet. And communities "hollowed out" by the forces of globalization
still struggle to stand on their feet.
How can we even begin to contemplate solutions to such immense and
persistent problems? In Powering Prosperity: A Citizen's Guide to
Shaping the 21st Century, Dr. Indranil Ghosh brings together his
decades of experience as a sustainable economic development investor, an
entrepreneur, and an MIT-trained scientist, to provide a new framework
for understanding the world's challenges and the choices societies must
make to address them.
Central to Dr. Ghosh's roadmap for positive change is a more inclusive
form of governance, a collaborative model of long-term investment
between public and private capital, and the empowerment of local
communities to unleash their innovative and entrepreneurial energy.