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Gates or Superman?

Bill Gates stole the show this week with his debut at the annual Aspen Ideas Festival. He appeared first in a cameo role in an advance screening of a forthcoming movie, “Waiting for Superman“. (No, he did not appear sporting a cape and red underpants, we are happy to say – and the movie did […]

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Philanthrocapitalism in the White House

“It is wonderful to see all these do-gooders in one room,” said Barack Obama, at a White House gathering on June 30th of leaders of America’s best non-profits. The occasion was the long-awaited launch of a $50m Innovation Fund to support the scaling up of the non-profit community’s best ideas for tackling America’s biggest problems […]