Paula Goldman, Live from the Momentum Conference, on the Social Edge forum

An amazing plenary this morning on the notion of rights.  Here's an interesting tidbit from Kevin Bales, head of Free the Slaves, and a tremendously convincing speaker.

Fact: There are roughly 20 million slaves in the world today.

Fact: The estimated cost of finally wiping slavery off the face of the earth: 10.8 billion dollars, the equivalent of Intel's 4th quarter profits.

http://www.socialedge.org/blogs/the-edge/archive/2009/09/09/snippet-kevin-bales-on-the-cost-of-ending-modern-slavery