Tony Diggs - 'The American Economy Lost in Translation...When Up is Down"
PPT presentation
Notes from the session:
We need to build off of our strengths and collaborate with each other in diverse communities.
Outline of topics:
1. MacroEconomic? Concepts
2. Consumer Confidence
3. Stock Market
4. The Shifting American Economy
5. Employment Situation
6. Outsourcing
7. Employment Improvement Projections
8. Economic Develpopment Historical Lifecycle
9. The Global Economy
A practitioners point of view.
REI's Commuity Capacity in the room:
- Economic - Consultant REI
- Trustee Gund - Social Worker
- Planner - Macroeconomics
- Electrical engineer - Pediatrician
- Network Development -
- Urban regional studies
- Communications
- Smart Growth
- Commmon Law
- Resident & IBM
- Civic entrepreneur
- Engineer
- Business development
If some of the individuals listed above created a partnership...there is opportunity for teams to utilize capacity to address different challenges, i.e., health care or technology
We all aspire but we need to be accountable for our actions
We need to realize that this is a global economy. This also happened with the agriculture industry. The global economy is available to all of us. It is not a matter of an "Indian" or "Chinese" economy.
The profits will come to the first individuals who realize the opportunities.
With our understanding of what is possible in an American economy, we need to understand what is possible in a global economy.
Let's change the paradigm: shift our thinking about what the opportunities are in a global economy.
Global, free trade is not the problem. The problem is preparing ourselves for the opportunities. Find a region, learn about it, learn the language, etc. The corporations have already done this using individuals to do the work with the larger corporation benefiting. We need to network, link up and "make a run for it."
Tony Diggs
Internet Cafe - Tony started this community with like minded folks to build relationships guided toward wealth creation. Decided to concentrate on finding the very best assets to build out opportunities. We need to look for the strengths in the community -
This is about wealth building - not about drug dealers, Mom's with children...Tony and neighborhood colleagues are writting about
Questions/comments:
Tony has decided to think like a corporation coming in to benefit and not to exploit.
Is there a way to make corporations more responsible?
Solutions?:
- spending control - what would be needed - ongoing dialogue on the internet
- Is it possible to work a grass roots effort through blogging? to encourage public opinoin.
- is this the future? With a massive sway of opinoin in a large population?
- Bottom line: we want to be able to compete, this is a goal
- "Ad Busters" is an organization already watchdogging.
"When Corporations Rule the World," David C Korton
The displacement of indigenous populations.
We are not honest about the terminology - like, "American Product." What is an American product today? We need to concentrate on just "product"
Why not develop the Lake Front as a multi national marketplace in Ohio? We have just not asked people to participate. We have all the resources and capabilities we need here.
Take the very things that have divided us to bring us to wealth creation together by coming together.
America is an idea.
Cathy Lewis: people should become familiar with "Voices and Choices."
Rockefeller Park has a place for all cultures - side by side - this is a great playground that we have not explored. Why can't we have an international festival, fill the canals and boat down to the Lake.
We have the assets and only lack the commitment to come together.
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