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LANG MATL
Author Koltai, Steven R., author.

Title Peace through entrepreneurship : investing in a startup culture for security and development / Steven R. Koltai with Matthew Muspratt.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2016]
©2016
Description xxi, 213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content Type text txt rdacontent
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia
Carrier Type volume nc rdacarrier

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Summary "Joblessness is the root cause of the global unrest threatening American security. Fostering entrepreneurship is the remedy. The combined weight of American diplomacy and military power cannot end unrest and extremism in the Middle East and other troubled regions of the world, Steven Koltai argues. Could an alternative approach work? Koltai says yes: by investing in entrepreneurship, and reaping the benefits of the jobs created through entrepreneurial startups. From 9/11 and the Arab Spring to the self-proclaimed Islamic caliphate, instability and terror breed where young men cannot find jobs. Koltai marshals evidence to show that joblessness - not religious or cultural conflict - is the root cause of the unrest that vexes American foreign policy and threatens international security. Drawing on Koltai's stint as Senior Adviser for Entrepreneurship in Secretary Hillary Clinton's State Department, and his thirty-year career as a successful entrepreneur and business executive, World Peace through Entrepreneurship argues for the significant elevation of entrepreneurship in the service of foreign policy. This entrepreneurship is not rural microfinance or mercantile trading. It is the scalable stuff of Silicon Valley and Sam Walton, generating the vast majority of new jobs in economies large and small. World Peace through Entrepreneurship offers a nonmilitary, long-term solution at a time of disillusionment with Washington's "big development" approach to unstable and underdeveloped parts of the world - andwhen the new normal is fear of terrorist attacks against Western targets, beheadings in Syria, and jihad. Extremism will not be resolved by a war on terror. The answer, Koltai shows, is stimulating economic opportunities for the virtually limitless supply of desperate, unemployed young men and women leading lives of endless economic frustration. Those opportunities will come through entrepreneurship"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-199) and index.
Subject Entrepreneurship -- Social aspects.
Economic development -- Social aspects.
Security, International.
Entrepreneurship -- Developing countries.
Peace-building -- Developing countries.
Civil society -- Developing countries.
Economic assistance, American -- Developing countries.
Add'l Names Muspratt, Matthew, author.
ISBN 9780815729235
0815729235
OCLC BK0018344521