Chimerica: The Imminent Economic Integration of China & the US

Zachary Karabell, noted author and economic trend analyst, will be joining the Council on October 21 to discuss the economic relationship between China and the United States and the speed at which it is changing. This week Karabell wrote a piece in the Wall Street Journal entitled “Deficits and the Chinese Challenge,” which uses the [...]

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The WSJ on Microloans as Good Investments

A Wall Street Journal article today ties back to our Friday post highlighting MicroPlaces’ new Global Poverty Note.  The WSJ piece focuses on some of the big online giving sites, such as Kiva.org, and notes that  “Credit markets world-wide are tight, and charitable donations are down.  But Web sites that specialize in “microlending” — small [...]

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Bill Gates urges increased foundation spending in first annual letter

Bill Gates, Co-Chair and Trustee of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, released a 20 page letter today pledging that though his foundation’s endowment fell by 20% in 2008, they will increase their spending to $3.8 billion in 2009 – up $0.5 billion from last year – holding true to the speech he gave in [...]

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Philanthropy dollars as “earmarks”?

A Wall Street Journal article today from the end of last month highlights a threat to foundations nationwide. Members of Congress are saying that foundations have an obligation to use the money they save with tax exemptions  – money that otherwise would have gone to the federal government – where it will have the greatest [...]

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