Michael Strong is an Author and Thought Leader. He is lead author of Be the Solution: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the World's Problems, co-authored with John Mackey, Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Hernando de Soto, Co-Chair of the U.N. Commission on the Legal Empowerment of the Poor, and others. Michael's work is featured in academic journals (The Journal of Business Ethics, Economic Affairs, Critical Review, etc.), specialty publications (Microfinance Insights, Policy Innovations, Carnegie Ethics, etc.) and in media reaching popular audiences (The New York Times, Bloomberg, The Huffington Post, RealClearPolitics, Barron's, etc.). He serves on the board of Conscious Capitalism, Inc., The Free Cities Institute, The Seasteading Institute, and the Advisory Boards of The Lifeboat Foundation, Trilinc Global, The Moorfield Storey Institute, and is a mentor for developing world entrepreneurs for the MIT Legatum Center for Entrepreneurship and Development.

"Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the World's Problems"

Michael is currently focused on the entrepreneurial creation of legal systems based on his 2009 article "The Legal Autonomy of the Dubai International Financial Centre: A Scaleable Strategy for Global Free Market Reforms" and his blog posts at "Let a Thousand Nations Bloom." Prior to his work on FLOW, Michael spent fifteen years as an educational entrepreneur, creating several high-performance private and charter schools, including one named the 36th best public school in the U.S. on the Washington Post's Challenge Index. The author of The Habit of Thought: From Socratic Seminars to Socratic Practice, Strong has consulted for hundreds of schools around the world. Michael was educated at Harvard, St. John's College, and the University of Chicago.

Resources from Michael Strong

Articles

Economic Affairs

The Dubai International Financial Centre: A Scaleable Strategy for Global Free
Market Reforms

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Journal of Business Ethics

Peace through Access to Entrepreneurial Capitalism for All

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California Management Review

What are the Limits to Conscious Capitalism?

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Let A Thousand Nations Bloom

Blog Posts on Free Cities and Competitive Governance

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Huffington Post

Africa: The New Edge, The New Green (with Magatte Wade)

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Huffington Post

The Most Progressive Movement on the Planet

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Huffington Post

John Mackey as a Hero of Intellectual Integrity

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Videos

TEDx UChicago

"The Creation of Conscious Culture through Educational Innovation"

TEDx Grand Rapids

"Innovate: Experience"

C-Span

Debate on Randian vs. Conscious Capitalism

2011 Global
Competitiveness Forum

Conscious Capitalism

Marketing Free Cities as a Mainstream Solution to Global Poverty

UFM

Free Cities and the Institutional Roots of Development

Seasteading Institute

Free Zones as an Additional Option in the Cambrian Explosion of Government

FreedomFest 2007

A Libertarian's Guide to FLOW

What Will It Take to
Foster Peace

Liberating Economic Freedom, Part One

On the Road with IV

Michael Strong-1: A Life & A Living of Doing Good

On the Road with IV

Michael Strong-2: Not Having to Pick Sides (Doing Good & Making $)

On the Road with IV

Michael Strong-3: Healthy Conflict & Moments of Startup Divorce

Rockford Center for
Ethics and
Entrepreneurship

Interview with Michael Strong & Magatte Wade

Bloomberg

Wal-mart as the World's Leading Anti-Poverty Organization

McCuistion TV

Peace and Prosperity through FLOW

UFM

Socratic Practice

UFM

The Habit of Thought, Chapter One

UFM

The Habit of Thought, Chapter Two

UFM

The Habit of Thought, Chapter Three

UFM

The Habit of Thought, Chapter Four

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