TY - BOOK AU - Auerswald,Philip E. TI - The coming prosperity: how entrepreneurs are transforming the global economy SN - 9780199795178 AV - HF 1359 A917c 2012 U1 - 337 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Globalization KW - Economic aspects KW - Developing countries KW - Economic development KW - United States KW - Globalización KW - Aspectos económicos KW - Países en desarrollo KW - Desarrollo económico KW - República Dominicana KW - Population KW - Electronic books N1 - Description based upon print version of record; Includes bibliographical references and index; pt. 1. Strength in numbers -- pt. 2. The animating element -- pt. 3. Participatory prosperity -- pt. 4. The next America N2 - Ours is the most dynamic era in human history. The benefits of four centuries of technological and organizational change are at last reaching a previously excluded global majority. This transformation will create large-scale opportunities in richer countries like the United States just as it has in poorer countries now in the ascent.In The Coming Prosperity, Philip E. Auerswald argues that it is time to overcome the outdated narratives of fear that dominate public discourse and to grasp the powerful momentum of progress. Acknowledging the gravity of today's greatest global challenges-like clim ER -