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Sir Howard Seeks Angelina

Post author By Philanthrocapitalism
Post date January 12, 2009

Angelina Jolie should call Sir Howard Davies, director of the London School of Economics. “I guess it’s true that I would answer the phone if Angelina called the LSE,” he confesses, before noting that “Sadly, my resistance has not been put to the test.” Go on, Angie, put the poor man out of his misery. […]

Tags Angelina Jolie, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, celanthropist, creative capitalism, Howard Davies, Prince Charles, Richard Branson, The Elders, Time magazine, Tony Blair, Virgin

What is the business of business?

Post author By Philanthrocapitalism
Post date November 3, 2008

On Sunday, The Economist hosted a debate in New York on the motion, “The business of business is business.” For the motion, Clive Crook, of the Financial Times and the Atlantic, and Will Wilkinson, of the Cato Institute, argued that this simple rule is a necessary “constitution” for business, to ensure that its managers can […]

Tags creative capitalism, CSR, Economist, Financial Times, Gates, GE, Good Company, WalMart