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The End of Aid’s Golden Age?

Post author By Philanthrocapitalism
Post date May 28, 2010

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 just about how to spend his summer but what to do next in his campaign for more aid for the developing world. While he can […]

Tags Aid, Bono, Britain, Canada, Commonwealth, DATA, development, France, G7, G8, Germany, Gleneagles, Italy, Japan, One Campaign, Ray Shah, Tony Blair, U2, USA, USAID

Don’t Vote for a Free Lunch!

Post author By Philanthrocapitalism
Post date February 16, 2010
5 Comments on Don’t Vote for a Free Lunch!

Invoking the name of Robin Hood (Britain’s famous bandit who, according to the legend, “robbed from the rich to give to the poor”) aid lobby groups, celebrities and philanthrocapitalists such as film maker Richard Curtis, have launched a high-profile campaign for a new tax on banks to fill the gaping hole in the public finances. Not […]

Tags banks, Bill Gates, Bono, British government, G20, G8, George Soros, James Tobin, Joseph Stiglitz, Make Poverty History, One, Richard Curtis, Robin Hood tax, Warren Buffett