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Announcing our Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative Community (GCGI Community): A 10th GCGI Anniversary Project PDF Print E-mail
Written by Kamran Mofid, Ph.D.   
Thursday, 05 August 2010 12:49

I am very happy to inform you about Our GCGI Community, my dream for a long time. We have been working on its implementation for a long time now. The work of which we are a part, which is so needed has barely begun; much lies ahead.

We urgently need more and deeper conversations, dialogue and engagement at all levels and from multiple levels and perspectives to bring the different cultures, civilizations and viewpoints together, in order to find common ground and agreement on common action.

We need to focus more sharply on the multifaceted insights and assets offered by the different perspectives and points of view of the many varied and distinct global cultures and civilizations which inhabit our world. This is how we can implement a new agenda for a new economics and economic system which functions for the common good of humanity and the earth. We cannot achieve our hopes and dreams without such conversations and dialogue.

Only then can we hope for the understanding between civilizations, peoples, and points of view necessary to construct an economy that truly works for the common good. This is why I am extending my warm invitation to you to join our GCGI community.

Visit the new website at http://www.gcgi.info and join the Community. You have two options for creating a new account - use your Facebook username and password or create a new account within the GCGI Community.

Last Updated on Thursday, 05 August 2010 12:58
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What would a new economics and economy look like? PDF Print E-mail
Written by Kamran Mofid, Ph.D.   
Thursday, 05 August 2010 13:02

Introduction

As we prepare for our time together in Alexandria, ‘A Dialogue between Civilizations’ we must recognize that the civilizations of the world are entwined together in a global economic system which is incapable of functioning for the common good of humanity, other species, and this planet which is our home. Now is the time to begin a dialogue between civilizations on how to construct a new economic system and a new economics better designed to meet these ends.

Last Updated on Thursday, 05 August 2010 13:06
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About the Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative PDF Print E-mail

The Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative began in 2002 at a conference in Oxford. Since then, the GCG International Conference Series has become an annual event, traveling across the globe to St. Petersburg, Dubai, Nairobi and Kericho, Honolulu, Istanbul and Melbourne. The 2009 conference took place at Loyola University of Chicago and the 2010 conference took place at California Lutheran University.

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