Creative Capitalism- - Couverture rigide

Kinsley, Michael

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1847374107 ISBN 13 : 9781847374103

Editeur : Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

Bill Gates is not only the world's most successful capitalist; he's the world's biggest philanthropist. Gates has approached philanthropy the same way he revolutionized computer software: with a fierce ambition to change the rules of the game. That's why at last year's annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Gates advocated a 'creative capitalism', in which big corporations should integrate doing good into their way of doing business. This controversial new idea is discussed and debated by the more than 40 contributors to this book, among them three Nobel laureates and two former U.S. cabinet secretaries. Edited by author and columnist Michael Kinsley, Creative Capitalism brings together some of the world's best minds to engage Gates's challenge. From Warren Buffet, who seconds Gates's analysis, to Lawrence Summers, who worries about the consequences of multiple corporate objectives, the essays cover a broad spectrum of opinion. Creative Capitalism is not just a book for philanthropists. It's a book that challenges the conventional wisdom about our economic system, a roadmap for the new global economy that is emerging as capitalism adapts itself once again to a changing world.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

‘Rather than building a memorial to himself, Buffett has handed over $30bn to the Gates Foundation, on the sound argument that it takes a different kind of skill set to give money away efficiently than it does to make it, and that Gates is devoting himself single-mindedly to that task these days. But what motivates these huge givers, and what impact will their enormous donations have on the world? Those are the big questions that Michael Kinsley and others seek to address in Creative Capitalism...the notion seems to be that we should try to harness the creativity of major corporations to find solutions to the problems of poverty and disease. At the moment, that isn’t happening, as the problems of the poorest people are not of much concern to Microsoft and the like. “The challenge”, Kinsey says, “is to design a system where market incentives, including profits and recognition, drive the change”’
Guardian 10/1

‘Following Gates’s initial salvo Kinsley, an eminent American journalist and the founder of the online magazine Slate, elicited blog posts from a host of experts, analysing Gates’s speech and each other’s points. The resulting symposium takes the form of a meandering, but still both provocative and involving, debate as to the precise role of the economy – should it be a pure profit-maximising machine, or a stakeholder in the wider community? – and of the best ways to help the world’s poorest...It is to Kinsley’s credit that despite his considerable connections to Gates – Microsoft was Slate’s initial backer and Kinsley’s wife, Patty Stonesifer, only recently stepped down as the head of the Gates family’s billion-dollar charitable foundation – he lets the critics have their say. When the dust settles, there will still be billions of people living in very tough conditions across the world – and capitalism still offers the best, indeed perhaps the only way of alleviating their plight. Whether that involves individual philanthropy, newly beneficent corporations, or simply an effort to eliminate protectionism and curtail corrupt governance, is still an open question. But we should be grateful to Kinsley, and his contributors, for attempting to answer it’
Daily Telegraph 10/01
'An enjoyable collection of thoughts'
Financial Times 19/1
'Thought-provoking' Guardian
'Provocative and involving ... academic bloodsport at its best' Daily Telegraph

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1847374107
• ISBN 13: 9781847374103
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible