This post is a quick announcement post letting you all know that I'm doing some research before I start up the next little series of posts. To get your mind juices flowing, I'll give you a brief 'teaser' paragraph. Think of it as a movie trailer for the next few weeks of posts.
What if companies acted as governments? I'm not talking about lobbying or bribing, I mean direct control. Sierra Leone's operating budget is somewhere around 340 million USD. Walmart's is well over 25 billion USD, according to their sales report last year. What would happen if Walmart took over control of the governance of Sierra Leone, moving all manufacturing there instead of to China and India? I posit that if Walmart was given this opportunity, Sierra Leone would become the richest nation in the region within 50 years, if not sooner.
Let the discussion begin!
What if companies acted as governments? I'm not talking about lobbying or bribing, I mean direct control. Sierra Leone's operating budget is somewhere around 340 million USD. Walmart's is well over 25 billion USD, according to their sales report last year. What would happen if Walmart took over control of the governance of Sierra Leone, moving all manufacturing there instead of to China and India? I posit that if Walmart was given this opportunity, Sierra Leone would become the richest nation in the region within 50 years, if not sooner.
Let the discussion begin!
