Charitable Giving
June 28th, 2006
The recent announcements from Bill Gates and Warren Buffet on their charitable giving plans have been quite momentous. The cynic in me wonders if Gates will take monopolize the world of charitable giving as Microsoft did with software. The optimist in me thinks that wouldn’t be a bad thing - efficiency in charity, strong business practices, getting more done with less.
Future Shift has some great quotes from Warren Buffet on the topic. One of the most poignant - Warren Buffet is a leader among the wealthy, if he is donating large sums maybe others will too. In our market economy we can look to the government or private charities to accomplish large, complex, expensive, probably-not-profitable projects - who can accomplish them better more efficiently?
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The jury will be out for a long time on that question, but at least Buffett is walking the walk.
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David