Mike spoke today at the Royal Society of Arts in London (a podcast of the event will appear shortly), which itself was a product of one of the past golden ages of philanthropy in England during the 18th Century. Indeed, the RSA was one of the pioneers of ‘incentive prizes’, which have been rediscovered by […]
The Wall Street Journal has reported a huge donation of $300 million to the University of Chicago Business School by former student David Booth. While investing in human knowledge looks like the kind of thing that philanthropists should be doing, in the book we do wonder whether this type of mega-donation to an already successful institution is […]
The annual TED Prize has been announced. The winners get $100,000 each plus the chance to make “One Wish to Change the World. No Restrictions”. In February, they will get the chance to make their wish in front of the trendy do-gooders at the annual Technology Entertainment Design Conference, and hopefully persuade them to help […]