The document proposes securitizing happiness by creating trillion-dollar capital markets for individuals, small businesses, and natural resources. It argues this could solve many of the world's problems by providing access to capital for assets that currently cannot access markets. Specific ideas include creating equity markets for small businesses and finding ways to value and trade assets like individual lifetime earnings, health, education, clean air and water, biodiversity, and natural resources. Prediction markets and contests are suggested to help value these new asset classes and jumpstart liquidity.

1. Securitizing Happiness  … or, How to Solve All the World’s Problems by Making Trillion-Dollar Markets for Individuals, Small Business, & Natural Resources Dave McClure (@DaveMcClure) TEDxShanghai - 06/15/09

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