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Philanthrocapitalism in the White House
“It is wonderful to see all these do-gooders in one room,” said Barack Obama, at a White House gathering on June 30th of leaders of America’s best non-profits. The occasion[...]
Monthly Archive: June 2009
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Britain’s Big New Philanthrocapitalist
British hedge-fund philanthropist Chris Cooper-Hohn and his wife Jamie have just announced another huge gift – of £495m ($812m) – to the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), as Matthew has[...]
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Holidays in the Sun?
“Cheap holidays….in other peoples’ misery!” screams Johnny Rotten at the start of the Sex Pistols song Holidays in the Sun. Aid sceptic Bill Easterly seems to think that the Millennium Villages[...]
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The Secret of Prosperity
Where would you rather live - Zambia or Zimbabwe? Not much of a choice perhaps but, according to the Legatum Institute’s Prosperity Index, you would have a better chance of a[...]
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Just the Ticket?
Around $1 billion has been raised so far to help developing countries by taxing plane tickets. The idea, proposed by former French president Jacques Chirac, first took effect in July[...]
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The Unlikely Fan Club
Praise for Philanthrocapitalism as “extremely well written” from an unexpected source – our old sparring partners at Gates Keepers. True, they do also take us to task for being too soft[...]
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The X Factor
How do you encourage the innovation needed to make a better world? That was the theme of the excellent Incentive 2 Innovate (i2i) conference on June 8th-9th at the United Nations,[...]
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Tying the knot
Our critics bristle at the idea of (carefully) applying techniques from the business world to the nonprofit sector. A report released today by New Philanthropy Capital, one of the leaders of the[...]
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Matthew Bishop is the US Business Editor and New York Bureau Chief of The Economist. Mr. Bishop was previously the magazine's London-based Business Editor.
Michael Green is an economist and writer, based in London. He is an adviser to the Big Society Network and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Read more.