Asserts the centrist founder and head of Operation HOPE, a Los Angeles-based financial literacy organization: "While the world is still adjusting to and trying to recover from the
worst global economic crisis to occur since the Great Depression, I am
focused on what comes next. You see, in the midst of this crisis I also
see an opportunity. An opportunity, finally, to make free enterprise
and responsible capitalism relevant to the poor and the underserved, and
to work for the poor and the underserved. This time around, in order
to grow world economies it will require the positive inclusion of you
and me."
More about human capital and economic growth: "What I am talking about with this 5th Big Bang is the unleashing of
empowered human capital, and human capital development, literally around
the world. The new software of human development. And this is what
happens when you energize and inspire a generation of young people --
here and around the world -- with the power of a new and
transformational idea. The idea is this --- THEY ARE THE PRODUCT. And when they know this. When they believe this. They become what I call, the 'CEO of You.'"
More from Mr. Bryant: "What the world needs now are a generation of empowered human capital
that creates their own job. And when they do this -- when 1 billion
youth around the world figure out how they can light the creative fuse
that lifts themselves up through self-determination, and save their home
city too, they not only secure the GDP growth that the world needs
next, they gain human dignity for themselves, and all those around them
too."
John Hope Bryant: "The 5th Big Bang of Global Economic Growth Is You and Me"
