How new is the new philanthropy? This is the question posed by a new BBC Radio series (sorry, UK only) that is looking back at the history of philanthropy. Most discussions about philanthropists of the past go back little more than a century to the founders of ‘modern’ strategic philanthropy, Andrew Carnegie and John D. […]
“People should become aware that the difficulties we are confronting are not just the difficulties caused by bad, greedy guys in an otherwise good system”. The Marxist philosopher Slavoj Zizek is musing on the economic crisis and the state of capitalism in an extended interview for Al Jazeera. The recent ‘occupy’ protest that started on […]
The Nasdaq stockmarket honoured the book yesterday by inviting Matthew to ring the closing bell. It was great to see “Philanthrocapitalism” up in lights in Times Square! Oddly, this did not prevent the Nasdaq index falling. Nasdaq has played an important role in philanthrocapitalism, by hosting the initial public offerings of several companies whose leaders […]