The Good Country Equation: How We Can Repair the World in One Generation
Jan 2025 · Berrett-Koehler Publishers
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Why doesn't the world work? Why, despite all the power, technology, money and knowledge that humanity has accumulated, are we are still unable to defeat global challenges like climate change, war, poverty, migration, extremism, and inequality?
Simon Anholt has spent decades helping countries from Austria to Zambia to improve their international standing. Using colorful descriptions of his experiences--dining with Vladimir Putin at his country home, taking a group of Felipe Calderon's advisors on their first Mexico City subway ride, touring a beautiful new government hospital in Afghanistan that nobody would use because it was in Taliban-controlled territory--he tells how he began finding answers to that question.
Ultimately, Anholt hit on the Good Country Equation, a formula for encouraging international cooperation and reinventing education for a globalized era. Anholt even offers a "selfish" argument for cooperation: he shows that it generates goodwill, which in turn translates into increased trade, foreign investment, tourism, talent attraction, and even domestic electoral success. Anholt insists we can change the way countries behave and the way people are educated in a single generation--because that's all the time we have.
Simon Anholt has spent decades helping countries from Austria to Zambia to improve their international standing. Using colorful descriptions of his experiences--dining with Vladimir Putin at his country home, taking a group of Felipe Calderon's advisors on their first Mexico City subway ride, touring a beautiful new government hospital in Afghanistan that nobody would use because it was in Taliban-controlled territory--he tells how he began finding answers to that question.
Ultimately, Anholt hit on the Good Country Equation, a formula for encouraging international cooperation and reinventing education for a globalized era. Anholt even offers a "selfish" argument for cooperation: he shows that it generates goodwill, which in turn translates into increased trade, foreign investment, tourism, talent attraction, and even domestic electoral success. Anholt insists we can change the way countries behave and the way people are educated in a single generation--because that's all the time we have.
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Emma Reed
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October 13, 2020
Brilliant, imaginative, and bold. Anholt's perspective is idealistic yet attainable. Something the whole world would benefit from for generations to come.
Anil Das
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February 12, 2022
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About the author
Simon Anholt is the founder of The Good Country Index, and has over twenty years of experience working with Heads of State and Heads of Government around the world. He has produced two major global surveys tracking public perceptions of countries and cities, developing and implementing the concept of a nation brand. He is a frequent keynote speaker and has been featured in major media global media outlets including BBC News, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, and more. He has two TED Talks which have over 6 million views combined, and he is an Honorary Professor at the University of East Anglia.
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