{"product_id":"creative-capitalism-a-conversation-with-bill-gates-warren-buffett-and-other-economic-leaders-9781416599425","title":"Creative Capitalism: A Conversation with Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Other Economic Leaders","description":"\u003cb\u003e Bill Gates is more than the world's most successful capitalist; he's also the world's biggest philanthropist. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gates has approached philanthropy the same way he revolutionized computer software: with a fierce ambition to change the rules of the game. That's why at the 2008 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Gates advocated a creative capitalism in which big corporations, the distinguishing feature of the modern global economy, integrate doing good into their way of doing business. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This controversial new idea is discussed and debated by the more than forty contributors to this book, among them three Nobel laureates and two former U.S. cabinet secretaries. Edited by author and columnist Michael Kinsley, \u003ci\u003eCreative Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e started as a first-of-its-kind online conversation that brought together some of the world's best minds to engage Gates's challenge. From Warren Buffett, who seconds Gates's analysis, to Lawrence Summers, who worries about the consequences of multiple corporate objectives, the essays cover a broad spectrum of opinion. Judge Richard Posner dismisses Gates's proposal as trumped-up charity that will sap the strengths of the profit-maximizing corporation, while journalist Martin Wolf maintains that the maximization of profit is far from universally accepted, and rightly so. Chicago Nobel laureate Gary Becker wonders whether altruistic companies can survive in a competitive economy, while Columbia Nobel laureate Edmund Phelps argues that a little altruism might be the right prescription for a variety of market imperfections. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eCreative Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e is not just a book for philanthropists. It's a book that challenges the conventional wisdom about our economic system, a road map for the new global economy that is emerging as capitalism adapts itself once again to a changing world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Kinsley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/08\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.16h x 6.60w x 0.83d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416599425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Kinsley is a noted journalist and political commentator. He was one of the most successful editors of \u003ci\u003eThe New \u003c\/i\u003eRepublic magazine. He was the host of CNN's \u003ci\u003eCrossfire\u003c\/i\u003e and founded \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, the nation's first online magazine. He also served as the editorial page editor for \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e and has written for \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. Michael currently lives in Seattle, Washington with his wife Patty Stonesifer, CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eConor Clarke\u003c\/b\u003e is a fellow at \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly \u003c\/i\u003eand a former \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eeditor at \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44409878904947,"sku":"9781416599425","price":22.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_91e0889f-160b-47a0-a3dd-4040ce966d5f.jpg?v=1771939691","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/creative-capitalism-a-conversation-with-bill-gates-warren-buffett-and-other-economic-leaders-9781416599425","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}