# How Conscious Capitalism Can Solve Global Poverty **URL:** **By** Michael Strong, Trevor Burrus, Aaron Ross Powell **Published:** December 15, 2017 --- Michael Strong joins us this week to talk about the role that capitalism and social entrepreneurship play in alleviating global poverty. Michael Strong joins us this week to talk about the role that capitalism and social entrepreneurship play in alleviating global poverty. We also discuss special economic zones, startup cities, the right of exit, mechanisms of public choice, and seasteading. ## Further Reading Strong is the author of [_Be the Solution: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the World's Problems_](https://www.amazon.com/Be-Solution-Entrepreneurs-Conscious-Capitalists/dp/0470450037) (2009) and [_The Habit of Thought: From Socratic Seminars to Socratic Practice_](https://www.amazon.com/Habit-Thought-Socratic-Seminars-Practice/dp/0944337392/) (1997). Strong's articles "[Naomi Klein, Young Earth Creationist](https://medium.com/@flowidealism/naomi-klein-young-earth-creationist-997ded8c3fac)" and "[Towards a Hierarchy of Moral Outrage](https://athousandnations.com/2009/11/10/reflections-on-the-berlin-wall-the-sequel-towards-a-hierarchy-of-moral-outrage/)". Here's our [Free Thoughts episode with Bruce Benson](https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/free-thoughts/the-enterprise-of-law-justice-without-the-state).