The Bill Gates Problem
Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire
(Sprache: Englisch)
A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE
'Nobody who comes away from reading The Bill Gates Problem will look at him in the same way' The Times
You know him as the founder of Microsoft; the philanthropic, kind-hearted billionaire who has donated...
'Nobody who comes away from reading The Bill Gates Problem will look at him in the same way' The Times
You know him as the founder of Microsoft; the philanthropic, kind-hearted billionaire who has donated...
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A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE'Nobody who comes away from reading The Bill Gates Problem will look at him in the same way' The Times
You know him as the founder of Microsoft; the philanthropic, kind-hearted billionaire who has donated endless funds to good causes around the world. But there's another side to Bill Gates.
In this fearless, groundbreaking investigation, Tim Schwab offers readers a counter-narrative, one where Gates has used his monopolistic approach in business to amass a stunning level of control over public policy, scientific research and the news media. Whether he is pushing new educational standards in America, health reforms in India or industrialized agriculture in Africa, Gates's unbridled social experimentation has shown itself to be not only undemocratic, but also ineffective.
All of which begs the question: why should the super rich be able to transform their wealth into political power, and just how far can they go?
'An extraordinary and detailed work of investigative journalism' The Telegraph
Autoren-Porträt von Tim Schwab
Tim Schwab is a freelance journalist based in Washington, D.C. His 2019 investigation into the Gates Foundation won multiple awards, including an Izzy from the Park Center for Independent Media and a Deadline Club Award from the Society of Professional Journalists, and was nominated for a Pulitzer prize by The Nation newspaper. His reporting on Gates has appeared in The Nation, the Columbia Journalism Review and the British Medical Journal, and represents some of the only investigative journalism ever published on Gates. Earlier in his career, Tim worked as a journalist for two daily newspapers and as a researcher for the watchdog group Food & Water Watch.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Tim Schwab
- 2024, 240 Seiten, Maße: 12,9 x 19,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin Books UK
- ISBN-10: 0241609488
- ISBN-13: 9780241609484
- Erscheinungsdatum: 19.09.2024
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
A tale of frustration and even rage at the culture of secrecy and often incompetence inside Gates's philanthropic world, it is also strangely heartening. New Statesman
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