A simplified presentation describing "Why we are here" and What makes the World Work". The essence of a purpose driven life derived from my book released electronically in 2012 called "Compete and Empower". To get a copy on your iPad, Kindle or Nook go to www.competeandempower.com

1. FREEDOM
ECONOMICS
The Solution to Empowering a Great Human Society
by
Brian Sear
Author “Compete and Empower”

2. The Current Situation• USA Share of World GDP is 21%, down from
28%, five years ago
• The world is growing GDP at an average rate of 5%
since the 1960s, and 4% since 2000
• Politicians, Pundits and the Media tell us every day
that we must accept a New Normal of… 1% to 2%
• The result will be that the USA concedes its
Leadership role by 2035. The World will be in Chaos
• Today 132 Nations are growing faster than the USA
• 81 Nations with over 4% growth and 57 with over 5% growth

3. What are we doing wrong?
• Politicians are confused/unworthy & focus on minutia
• Pundits are partisan and spin the Media
• The Media are malevolent & report concocted crises
• The Result is daily unproductive information flow of:
• Celebrity stories of indiscretion, Political stories of horse
races, Foreign stories of unrest, revolution and
homicide, and Economic stories of minor deviations from
expectations set by Pundits.

4. What we should be doing!
• Setting an American Strategy to remain World Leader
• Reporting Results that focus on
• Growth
• Market Segments
• Competition
• Market Share
• Execution and Corrective Action
• Follow the Constitution to size Federal Government
• Empower other Leaders & Nations to follow our Lead

5. Why are We Here as People?
• To become Enlightened
• To contribute to an enlightened human experience
for the benefit of all mankind
• To make the World a better Place for all
• To Learn, Grow and Change for the better

6. Mother Nature Knows Best
• Nature or Nurture… Genes or New Experiences
• We are Born to be Righteous Jonathan Haidt “The Righteous Mind”
• We are Born to be in Business Brian Sear “Compete and
Empower”
• Actions speak louder than Words-Intentions
• Results speak louder than Actions
• Improving Prosperity is the Measure of Success

7. HUMAN HISTORY
“A Journey of
Survival, Competition, Empowerment, Entr
epreneurship and Oppression”

8. RESULTS
• For 100,000 Years free spirited Individuals
Survived, Invented, Evolved and Created Wealth
• For 100,000 Years deviant Individuals Oppressed
others into unproductive Societies and Nations
• World GDP grew at 0.2% until 1800
• World GDP grew at 2.0% from 1800
• World GDP grew at 5% from the 1960’s
• Today less than 1M Elites govern 6.8B People in 200
Nations
• Today 5.5B People live in Poverty (81%)… Why?

9. WHY?
• For 7,000 recorded Years
Tyrants, Conquerors, Kings, Emperors & Dictators
Wasted the Wealth.
• Creating Countries of Slaves, Serfs, Peasants and
Workers
• By 1800 the American Constitution Empowered
Millions to choose FREEDOM ECONOMICS
• By 1970 BCG Empowered Virtuous Companies
• The Choice of Nations Today
• Karl Marx the Virtue of State Reliance (Failure)

10. HUMAN
FULFILLMENT
“A Journey of
Competition, Empowerment, Freedom, Econo
mic Independence and Limited Government”
It starts with Individual Integrity

11. INDIVIDUAL INTEGRITY
• A Business, Society or
Nation, can only be
great and everlasting
when a Majority of it’s
Members are Moral
• The essence of Ayn Rand
philosophy is:
• “Man is a heroic being, with
his own happiness as the
moral purpose of his life, with
productive achievement as
his noblest activity, and
reason as his only absolute,”
• Moral Purpose is choosing right
from wrong
• Have faith in Man’s Creator.The Ten
Commandments are a useful guide.
• Experience each moment now.
• Rely on your judgment, your inner
voice, your human nature
• Do the Right Thing.
• Avoid the Siren Song.
• Productive Achievement leads to
Success and Self-Reliance and
avoids Dependency.
• What did you learn yesterday that
you can convince someone else to
write a check for tomorrow?
• Reason based on facts, not good
intentions, increases everyone’s
Prosperity.

12. BACK TO BASICS
“The Power to Create Prosperity and Eliminate Poverty
is from the People not the Politician,
from the Citizen not the State”

13. Freedom
• Choosing our Own Purpose Driven Life
• Pick a Life of Passion, Happiness and Prosperity
• Learn from Overcoming Life’s Challenges
• Change to Achieve your Dream
• Choose Your Own Journey from Maslow’s
Hierarchy of Need

14. Economics
• What do You Produce?
• How do You Produce It?
• Who do You Sell the Product or Service To?
• How do You get Paid?
• Barter Exchange Money Exchange
• A Cake for a Cone Money for a Product

15. What can You do with
Money?
• Spend It
• Save It
• Invest It
• Business
• Stocks & Bonds
• Real Estate

16. What do You Produce?
• Products • Services

17. How do You Produce It?
• Products • Services
CAPITAL
TOOLS
MATERIALS
LABOR
PRODUCTS
CONSUMERS
EDUCATION
AND
TRAINING
SERVICE PROVIDERS

18. Who gets Your Product or Service?
• Retail Consumers
• Business Capital Equipment Users
• Government Consumers and Users
• Export Consumers and Users
• Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the sum of all
sales including Exports for a Nation

19. AN AMERICAN SOLUTION
1 Politicians Serve the Public for One 8 year term only.
2 Empower US Business to stay # 1 in World Market Share.
3 Enact “Fair Tax.” All Citizens Contribute. Eliminate IRS.
4 Terminate Union Law and Transform Unions to Trade Associates
5 Increase Green Card Immigration based on Business Strategy
6 Fund Military to achieve a 10 to 1 advantage over other Nations
7 Private Venture Fund Foreign Business. Eliminate Foreign Aid.
8 Transform Social Security-Medicaid spend to Investment Fund.
9 Sell all Federal and State Businesses to Private Enterprise.
10 Provide a Limited Safety Net for the Truly Needy.

20. Appendix
1. Morality Matrix by Jonathon Haidt
2. Narratives that are Poles Apart
3. A Financial Statement Example

21. Morality Matrix by Jonathon Haidt

22. Narratives that are Poles Apart
from “The Righteous Mind” by Jonathon Haidt
• Modern Conservative Narrative
• Once upon a time America was a shining
beacon. Then liberals came along and erected
an enormous federal bureaucracy that
handcuffed the invisible hand of the free market.
They subverted our traditional American values
and opposed God and faith at every step of the
way… Instead of requiring that people work for a
living, they siphoned money from hardworking
Americans and gave it to Cadillac-driving drug
addicts and welfare queens. Instead of
punishing criminals, they tried to “understand”
them . Instead of worrying about the victims of
crime, they worried about the rights of
criminals… Instead of adhering to traditional
American values of family, fidelity, and personal
responsibility, they preached promiscuity, pre-
marital sex, and the gay life style… and they
encouraged a feminist agenda that undermined
traditional family roles… Instead of projecting
strength to those who would do evil around the
world, they cut military budgets, disrespected
our soldiers in uniform, burned our flag, and
chose negotiation and multilateralism… Then
Americans decided to take their country back
• Liberal Progressive Narrative
• Once upon a time, the vast majority of human
persons suffered in societies and social
institutions that were
unjust, unhealthy, repressive and oppressive.
These traditional societies were
reprehensible because of their deep rooted
inequality, exploitation, and irrational
traditionalism… But the noble human
aspiration for autonomy, equality, and
prosperity struggled mightily against the
forces of misery and oppression, and
eventually succeeded in establishing modern
, liberal, democratic, capitalist, welfare
societies. While modern social conditions
hold the potential to maximize individual
freedom and pleasure of all, there is much
work to be done to dismantle the powerful
vestiges of inequality, exploitation and
repression. This struggle for the good society
in which individuals are equal and free to
pursue their self-defined happiness is the one
mission truly worth dedicating one’s life to
achieving.

23. A Financial Statement Example
Government
Con
Social Security, Medicare &
Unemployment Insurance
Ward of the State
Accept an Unemployment Check
& Stop Producing, Learning, &
Changing Every Day
Freedom
Investment Income equals
Burn Rate
Government
Confiscation
Federal, State, Property, Sales &
Other TAXES to Pay for Services