Draws on the insights of key financial authorities including Warren Buffett and George Soros to profile a form of capitalism that benefits impoverished populations, in a volume of essays that is comprised of responses to Bill Gates's speech as delivered at the 2008 World Economic Forum in Davos. 250,000 first printing.
Michael Kinsley is a noted journalist and political commentator. He was one of the most successful editors of
The New Republic magazine. He was the host of CNN’s
Crossfire and founded
Slate, the nation’s first online magazine. He also served as the editorial page editor for
The Los Angeles Times and has written for
The Guardian and the
New Yorker. He is a regular contributor to
Time magazine. Michael currently lives in Seattle, Washington with his wife Patty Stonesifer, CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Conor Clarke is a fellow at
The Atlantic Monthly and a former
editor at The Guardian.