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William Dowell is a former correspondent for Time magazine. He recently served as media and information coordinator for CARE International’s Emergency Group. He is now a freelance writer based in Geneva.


By Dowell William

A review of Philanthrocapitalism by Matthew Bishop and Michael Green With the current financial crisis, will the super-rich still have the resources or the inclination to save the rest of the world? When Philanthrocaptialism was published in October, it still seemed reasonable to think that a new generation of multi-billionaires might be able to give the developing world the kind of hard-nosed practical advice it needs. Unfortunately, Philanthrocapitalism hit the bookstores just as the liquidity crisis was throwing much of the free market into a panic and raising serious questions about global capitalism.   read more >>