(2009-05-10) Strong Interview Freakonomics

Michael Strong was interviewed for the Freakonomics blog. As we enter an age in which more and more customers, employees, and investors choose to integrate Meaning into their purchasing, employment decisions, and investment decisions, opportunities will open up for those conscious businesses that are most effective at integrating a deeper purpose into the DNA of all of their operations. They will have more loyal customers willing to pay a premium price; a more loyal workforce willing to bring passion, energy, and creativity to work; and, as conscious financial markets develop more fully, investors who are more willing to focus on the long term. (Sounds like Umair Haque.) I wonder Jeffrey Sachs will take him up on his bet? Due to Sachs's prominence in the Poverty alleviation debate, until he acknowledges the role of Economic Freedom in alleviating poverty, he should be regarded as the leading cause of poverty in 2025.