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...While Bill Gates does a fine job outlining his creative capitalism initiative, his exclusive focus on developing nations at the expense of his own is a tremendous oversight. Corporations in developed countries certainly should feel socially responsible for those in developing ones. But if they ever want to be taken seriously as agents of social change, they need to consider their own economies as well. Gates is incorrect to brush over the U.S.'s economic woes so lightly, especially when creative capitalism could potentially solve some problems like our own oft-neglected poverty. Only when America proves that capitalism...
Capitalism 2.0 I am glad that people like Bono and Bill Gates are endorsing the practice of spreading corporate profits among the world's disadvantaged and helping convince the business élite that it is in their interest to care about the world's less fortunate [Aug. 11]. Both individuals have used their influence to do great things. But let's not forget that our elected representatives must be the ones held responsible for protecting the poor. Since the government must set a minimum wage for justice's sake, perhaps it can set maximums for corporate profits or individual salaries...
...does not produce results fast enough or if segments of the population seem to be left out, it is because of limits imposed on freedom by governments or by lack of competition. Rather than fixing capitalism, we should spread it. I'm grateful for all the good work the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has done in my country, Chile. However, Gates' generosity might be even more productive if it focused on promoting the virtues of capitalism without qualifying adjectives. Nicolas Ibanez, Santiago...
...Bill Gates can fix capitalism but he can't fix Microsoft Vista? Give me a break! James K. Millard, Lexington, Kentucky...
...Bill and Ted star--the one who's not Keanu Reeves--hired to write remake of Ramones flick...