Gordon Brown: Wiring a web for global good
Gordon Brown: Estabelecendo uma rede para o bem global
Britain's former prime minister Gordon Brown played a key role in shaping the G20 nations' response to the world's financial crisis, and was a powerful advocate for a coordinated global response to problems such as climate change, poverty and social justice. Full bio
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por estar longe
de Westminster e Whitehall?
vietnamita de 9 anos,
da nação americana
o fim da Guerra do Vietnam.
quando foi resgatada,
deu voltas ao mundo.
tornou-se numa fotografia
de resistência, para todo o mundo.
a agirem contra a pobreza.
numa manifestação com o pai no Irão
e acontecimentos têm em comum?
é que o que nós vemos
em algo maior do que nós mesmos.
em todas as religiões, todas as crenças,
um sentido moral em que
do que nós,
de agir quando vemos
de ser corrigidas
o primeiro-ministro sueco,
nos EUA nos anos 80.
Social-Democrata sueco:
ele é anti-comunista."
"Não me interessa que tipo de comunista é!"
Social-Democrata da Suécia,
Quer abolir os ricos?"
"Não, eu quero abolir os pobres.
que todos tenham a oportunidade
e uma ética global
de todas as religiões
sem afiliação religiosa.
é que agora temos a capacidade
de encontrar pontos em comum
de comunicação modernos,
na história da humanidade,
verdadeiramente global.
quando o comércio de escravos
e todos os contestatários.
ao longo de muito tempo.
se tornar um sucesso.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Gordon Brown - British Prime MinisterBritain's former prime minister Gordon Brown played a key role in shaping the G20 nations' response to the world's financial crisis, and was a powerful advocate for a coordinated global response to problems such as climate change, poverty and social justice.
Why you should listen
During his long term of office, former UK prime minister Gordon Brown became one of the world's most experienced political leaders, with a deep understanding of the global economy based on 10 years' experience as Great Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer. He has been a key architect of the G8's agreements on poverty and climate change, and has provided a passionate voice to encourage the developed world to aid struggling African countries. He is an advocate of global solutions for global problems -- through both the reinvention of international institution and the advancement of a global ethics.
While prime minister, Brown promoted technology as a tool for economic (and environmental) recovery. With his charge to "count the carbon and the pennies," research on electric cars and residential energy efficiency are slated to become a major part of the UK's recovery plan. He pushed for universal broadband and a general increase in spending on science. And he sought to use new communication tools like Twitter and YouTube as a means to communicate government policy.
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