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Books of the Year, Part 1

Post author By Philanthrocapitalism
Post date December 14, 2010

2010 has been a good year for books touching on philanthrocapitalism. In no particular order, here are the first five of our favourites (not including our own “The Road From Ruin“), with more to follow in later posts: “The Power of Social Innovation“, by Stephen Goldsmith. This is a terrific look at some of the […]

Tags Dalberg Global Development Advisors, Daniel Altman, DoSomething.org, Geoff Mulgan, Jed Emerson, John Elkington, Kumi Naidoo, Nancy Lublin, New York City, Novo Foundation, Peter Buffett, Philippe Douste-Blazy, Sharifah Mohamed, Social Innovation, Stephen Goldsmith, UNITAID, Warren Buffett, Willie Cheng, Zilch

Just the Ticket?

Post author By Philanthrocapitalism
Post date June 19, 2009

Around $1 billion has been raised so far to help developing countries by taxing plane tickets. The idea, proposed by former French president Jacques Chirac, first took effect in July 2006. Travellers in countries participating in the scheme pay two euros on top of an economy ticket in Europe, four euros in business class, rising […]

Tags Clinton Foundation, Millennium Development Goals, Millennium Foundation, One, Unicef, UNITAID