Bill Gates, the world’s most influential philanthropist, announced today that he will launch a campaign to get China’s wealthiest involved in forging careers in “giving.”  Aside from the obvious, there’s a lot of potentially good news here.  On a more immediate level, the promotion of philanthropy and subsequent introduction of NGOs has the potential to create tens of thousands of new [...]

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Commentary Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, GONGOs, jobs, NGOs, philanthropy

I received a message this afternoon from an acquaintance of mine at Barclays Capital, who conveyed the following: – There are no jobs.  Anywhere. – The economy is going down the drain.  Fast. – Recruiters can no longer recruit.  Recruiters are losing their jobs. – This is a financial nightmare for everyone.  We are doomed. I [...]

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Commentary careers, IBM, jobs, Microsoft, recession, Shanghai