Philanthrocapitalism
The End of Aid’s Golden Age?
As rock star and aid champion Bono lies prone in his sick bed with a back injury that has forced him to cancel his forthcoming festival appearances with his band U2, he will be wondering not[...]
Monthly Archive: May 2010
Philanthrocapitalism
Reading the Big Society Tea Leaves
Tuesday saw the first fruits of Prime Minister David Cameron’s big election idea, the Big Society, with the launch of a rather modest reprise of some of proposals in the Conservative Manifesto, glammed up[...]
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Philanthrocapitalism
New York Bounces Back
Wall Street’s rapid recovery from the financial meltdown, at least measured by profits, may have turned Goldman Sachs into Public Enemy No. 1, but it has also helped bring about[...]
Philanthrocapitalism
One is the Magic Number
For Britain’s politicians there seems to be a consensus, at least for now, that spending 0.7% of national income on government aid programmes would be the nation’s fair share of the global effort to eradicate[...]
Philanthrocapitalism
Can BOGOF Save British Science?
‘Buy One Get One Free’, known in the trade as BOGOF, is one of the supermarkets’ favourite tools to make us spend more money – most of us can’t resist[...]
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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.