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Living Better or Optimum Society


Will it Happen One Day?

My book discusses the advantages and disadvantages of two types of socio-economic systems: free market economies with minimal intervention by the state and economies with substantial intervention by the state in the economy. Particular cases are discussed in some detail: the USA, the ex-Soviet Union, China, former Yugoslavia, Vietnam and Cuba. The book describes desirable features that an optimum society should have, discusses how change may be realized and reflects on the chances that such change to an optimum society might take place.

Who I Am

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I was born in Egypt. My father was a doctor and my mother a teacher. Both received education in American missionary schools and English was a commonly spoken language at home. Most of the books I read in my childhood were English classics.

French was a third language learned at school and perfectioned during an eight-month stay in France, then during my 32-year life in Geneva.

I am married, have one daughter and two granddaughters who live in Canada.

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What I Do

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I obtained a bachelor degree in engineering at Cairo University, Egypt, then travelled to Moscow where I obtained a Ph.D. degree in technical sciences. After working as Director at the Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality, I became Director of the Program for Developing Countries at the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in Geneva, Switzerland. I am currently a consultant based in Geneva providing counselling in the fields of standards and management systems for quality, the environment and information security. I am the author of 15 technical publications (including a book on « Standards and Quality » published in two editions) and more than 200 presentations on standards, quality and the environment. My work at ISO took me to most developed and developing countries in the world. My good knowledge of languages (I fluently speak six languages) allowed me to observe the social and economic life in the countries I worked with and to compare different socio-economic systems.

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My Work

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