“Philanthrocapitalism and Davos Make Me Sick,” emotes Rodney Schwartz on the Catalyst blog. In a video he goes even further, complaining that we created as ghastly a word as philanthrocapitalism without even having the excuse of being American (which he seems to be). Which is fair enough. He goes on to make two serious points, […]
If you are in New York this Sunday evening, come to a discussion of philanthropy during the downturn at the 92nd Street Y. Matthew will be in conversation with two of the most thoughtful philanthropy leaders in America, Paul Brest, who runs the Hewlett Foundation, and Vartan Gregorian, who has long presided at the Carnegie […]
Today is World Aids Day. The increasingly successful, though still far from won, fight against HIV/Aids is a battle that has seen philanthrocapitalism at its most effective. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has delivered considerable resources and used its public voice to drive a wide range of initiatives, including working with Bono’s campaigning and […]
It is being reported that a deal has been done that will allow Hillary Clinton to become America’s Secretary of State and her husband to continue his philanthropic work. This is good news, as this philanthropic work is important, as we explain in the book, and it had seemed that Mr Clinton might have had […]
Reports suggest that Barack Obama would like to make Hillary Clinton his Secretary of State, but may not do so unless her husband can be persuaded to pull back from his philanthropic activities. Matthew wrote an article in today’s San Francisco Chronicle arguing that this strategy is mistaken. Yes, President Clinton should be more transparent […]
To read more about Philanthrocapitalism, there are interviews with us on the websites of Alliance Magazine and the Chronicle of Philanthropy (subscription required). You can also watch Matthew’s discussion with Bill Clinton at the 92nd Street Y on Youtube .
One of the questions we get asked a lot is ‘Ok, so the super-rich can do great things, but what can ordinary people do to make the world a better place?’ Our answer is ‘lots’. First of all, consumers have already had a huge influence on corporations. Smart CEOs who believe that their companies can […]
Matthew interviewed Bill Clinton before a packed house at New York’s 92nd Street Y on Sunday night. A video of the event will be available shortly here. President Clinton was on fine form in a discussion that ranged across the economy and the presidential race, as well as philanthropy. In response to Matthew’s question about how […]
Matthew chaired a panel discussion on employment and growth at the Clinton Global Initiative yesterday, including Hernando de Soto, one of the world’s greatest economic thinkers, and John Chambers, chairman and CEO of Cisco Systems. You can watch the full video here: Chambers talked about the way that Cisco’s investments a decade ago in what […]
The Economist kindly threw us a book launch party in New York last night. We were honoured to be joined by so many people who are part of the philanthrocapitalism revolution. Guest of honour was President Bill Clinton (hear Matthew’s interview with him for the Economist about the impact of the economic downturn on philanthropy). […]