Tag: Bill Gates

Economic Development Links

Apr 8, 2014

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mwkruse

in Africa, Capitalism and Markets, China, Demography, Economic Development, Environment, Europe, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, Immigration, India, Links – Economic Development, Microenterprise, Politics, Poverty, Public Policy, Sociology, Technology (Food & Water), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

1. You Decide: Save the People or Save the Planet #StopTheMyth 2. New York Times: The End of the ‘Developing World’ BILL GATES, in his foundation’s annual letter, declared that “the terms ‘developing countries’ and ‘developed countries’ have outlived their usefulness.” He’s right. If we want to understand the modern global economy, we need a…
Will There Be Any Poor Countries Left in the World in 20 Years?

Jan 21, 2014

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mwkruse

in Economic Development, Globalization, Great Divergence, Human Progress, International Affairs, Poverty, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Wealth and Income

Atlantic: Will There Be Any Poor Countries Left in the World in 20 Years? Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: We hear these myths raised at international conferences and at social gatherings. We get asked about them by politicians, reporters, students, and CEOs. All three reflect a dim view of the future, one that says the…
How Nuclear Power Can Stop Global Warming

Dec 12, 2013

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mwkruse

in Environment, Public Policy, Technology (Energy)

Scientific American: How Nuclear Power Can Stop Global Warming Nuclear power is one of the few technologies that can quickly combat climate change, experts argue. … Indeed, he has evidence: the speediest drop in greenhouse gas pollution on record occurred in France in the 1970s and '80s, when that country transitioned from burning fossil fuels…
Donald Sadoway on the Promise of Liquid Metal Batteries

Oct 25, 2012

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mwkruse

in Technology (Energy)

MIT Professor Donald Sadoway’s lectures were good enough to convince Bill Gates to invest in his Liquid Metal Battery startup. Now you can watch a glimpse of a mini-lecture by Sadoway because the TED conference just released Sadoway’s 15-minute TED talk. It’s worth a watch!
The meaning of Bill Gates

Jun 27, 2008

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mwkruse

in Business

The Economist: The meaning of Bill Gates As his reign at Microsoft comes to an end, so does the era he dominated. WHEN Bill Gates helped to found Microsoft 33 years ago there was a company rule that no employees should work for a boss who wrote worse computer code than they did. Just five…
Why Bill Gates Hates My Book

Feb 8, 2008

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mwkruse

in Capitalism and Markets, Economic Development, Economics, Poverty

Wall Street Journal: Why Bill Gates Hates My Book by William Easterly This newspaper reported recently that Bill Gates hates my ideas. I have no hurt feelings, at least nothing that months of intensive psychotherapy can't cure. Mr. Gates, after all, has allied himself with the foreign aid establishment. … ………. Profit-motivated capitalism, on the…
Bill Gates Issues Call For Kinder Capitalism

Jan 28, 2008

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mwkruse

in Capitalism and Markets, Economics, Poverty, Public Policy

Wall Street Journal: Bill Gates Issues Call For Kinder Capitalism Famously Competitive, Billionaire Now Urges Business to Aid the Poor. Free enterprise has been good to Bill Gates. But today, the Microsoft Corp. chairman will call for a revision of capitalism. In a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the software tycoon…

Tag: Bill Gates

Economic Development Links

Will There Be Any Poor Countries Left in the World in 20 Years?

How Nuclear Power Can Stop Global Warming

Donald Sadoway on the Promise of Liquid Metal Batteries

The meaning of Bill Gates

Why Bill Gates Hates My Book

Bill Gates Issues Call For Kinder Capitalism