Today’s leading philanthropists are revolutionizing the field, using new methods to have a vastly greater impact on the world. In this audio lecture, sponsored by the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, journalist Matthew Bishop talks about his book, Philanthrocapitalism: How the Rich Can Save the World. He elucidates how the new generation of billionaires is reshaping the way it gives, using big business-style strategies and expecting results and accountability to match. Bishop shares on-the-ground anecdotes, expert analysis, and up-close profiles of the wealthy and powerful.
Matthew Bishop is chief business writer/U.S. business editor of The Economist, based in New York. He was previously The Economist's London-based business editor, and has also served as its New York bureau chief. He is the author of several Economist special survey supplements, and of "Essential Economics," the official Economist layperson's guide to economics. Before joining The Economist, Bishop was on the faculty of the London Business School, where he coauthored three books for Oxford University Press on subjects ranging from privatization and regulation to corporate mergers. Prior to that, he was educated at Oxford University. He has served as a member of the Sykes Commission on the investment system in the 21st century, and was also on the advisors group of the United Nations International Year of Microcredit 2005. Bishop has been honored as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.
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