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...leaving to their heirs and charities as a philanthropic gold rush. The high-tech boom has made more people richer faster than at any other time in history--which means that more of the superrich are thinking about giving away their fortunes at an earlier age. Schervisch and Havens write that "a golden era of philanthropy is dawning...
...from which it requires accountability. "What we do is not only give money but business skills and expertise in marketing, public relations, technology, financial and business management," explains Paul Brainerd, president of Aldus Corp. and founder of Social Venture Partners, a nonprofit consortium for techies who don't merely write checks but also lend their skills...
...chairwoman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is think about how to give away chunks of money that amount to the annual income of a small nation. That's not as simple as it sounds. She will tell you it's an easy thing to do badly: to write checks to the wrong people and tell them to come back in a few years when they need a little more. But to do it well, to apply all those billions where they will make the most difference, is a job and an obsession that take up almost every minute...
Vasant M. Kamath '02, a Crimson editor, is a government concentrator in Winthrop House. He wanted to write about why Hillary Rodham Clinton should be kicked out of New York, but the National Review took his idea...
...would rather have the right to write a letter, which I will do, than be represented by a faculty member who may not really represent me," Stilgoe said...