Who are the multinationals?
Most people think of “multinationals” as companies but individuals can be multinationals, too. Business people, Peace Corps volunteers, missionaries, traveling students and teachers are all multinationals. These individual multinationals travel and live internationally, think and speak internationally, and invest internationally. They “invest” by means of contributing ideas, buying stock, lending money, and sometimes rendering free service to a community. Often multinationals appear to be merely living the “good life” but many also apply their talent to local needs. It’s little known that Marlon Brando, who lived many years on the Tahitian Island of Bora Bora, made investments in deep sea exploration with the aim of developing inexpensive food supplies. His main goal was developing new food-harvesting methods for his South Sea Island friends; profitability of the venture was secondary. Multinationals are often visionaries who become involved in the stuff that binds people together rega
