A Modest Proposal 0
Writing at the Guardian, Peter Wilby discusses Warren Buffet’s and Bill Gates’s efforts to persuade billionaires to give away the bulk of their fortunes upon demise. While applauding their efforts,* he suggests
Never happen.
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*The efforts are worthy of applause. Whatever you may think of how they got rich–and I have no love of Microsoft’s business practices, which can best be summarized as “copy, co-opt, and crush“–Buffet and Gates both seem determined to use their riches to accomplish something more than more riches.
