Surely, just as we invest in R and D, two, three, four percent, of our GDP, of our economy, what if we put, let's say, one percent of public spending into social innovation, into elder care, new kinds of education, new ways of helping the disabled?

And one of the first victims of difficult economic times,

The amount of money you get.

And this woman is very happy now, bringing her products to the market.

Investment

We need better places in this country. Public space.

Malibu Equity and Investments.

Well their intention was to take these home equity loans and put that money to work, invest it in some way.

He valued what we already had at 5 million dollars.

In this talk today, I want to present a different idea for why investing in early childhood education makes sense as a public investment.

They're valuing these assets at 1 million.

Investing in professional development is not a cost.

As investors flee

Investing.

But communities are doing it.

Malibu Equity and Investments. Roger Van Zant.

So she ran away from home. And then went astray.

So essentially, these banks have a bunch of assets.

I'm going to look quickly at the fourth and fifth categories, which are innovation, competitions and social investing.

For the first time, a company is selling shares to the public, that is not just to these private investors.

And I'll show you why that matters in a second.

Big investors.

Investment in what?

Now, who are they accountable to?

They announced very publicly that they're shifting funds to the political opposition.

Let me put that.

Just Manic Enough.

Consider it a capital investment.

I want investment.

The last two examples I gave contribute to the collective wealth society, some of which you share, and that is your return on the investment.

I think, is public spending of any kind, but certainly in the firing line at the moment is public spending for science, and particularly curiosity led science and exploration.

Development institutions today are also opening for public scrutiny the projects they finance.

We will bring justice to those who harm our citizens and our friends, and we will stand with our allies.

Maybe I didn't put enough money in the joint account.

Did you know that 40 percent of the wealth created in Africa is not invested here in Africa?

The park is common property.

And this is the important thing.

I just took the total NAV and I divided it by the shares.

So you can imagine, this is the actual amount of cash that

This is the total actual value.

Now how does that work out?

We said before any of this stuff on the top existed, the pre money valuation of just our idea was 5 million.

And so with patient capital from Acumen and other organizations,

We got a second address. There's a coowner.

President Obama got it done. Applause