Philanthrocapitalism: How the Rich Can Save the World
An Evening with Author Matthew Bishop
Thursday, November 20, 2008
5:30 PM
Bishop Auditorium - LOCATION CHANGE!
Stanford Graduate School of Business
518 Memorial Way
Stanford, CA 94305-5015
Parking, Map & Directions
In his new book, Chief Business Writer and U.S. Business Editor of The Economist, Matthew Bishop examines how today’s leading philanthropists are revolutionizing the field using business methods to have a vastly greater impact on the world.
Proceeding from interviews with some of the most powerful people on the planet—including Bill Gates, Bill Clinton, George Soros, Angelina Jolie, and Bono—Bishop shows how a web of wealthy, motivated donors has set out to change the world.
This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Social Innovation at the Graduate School of Business, the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS Center), and The H.A.N.D. Foundation.
Free admission. 
About Matthew Bishop
Matthew Bishop is Chief Business Writer and U.S. Business Editor of The Economist, based in New York. He was previously The Economist's London-based Business Editor, and has also served as its New York Bureau Chief. Matthew is the author of several Economist special survey supplements, including most recently "The Business of Giving," which looks at the industrial revolution taking place in philanthropy; "Kings of Capitalism," which anticipated and analyzed the recent boom in private equity; and "Capitalism and its Troubles," an examination of the impact of problems such as the collapse of Enron. Matthew is the author of "Essential Economics," the official Economist layperson's guide to economics.
Before joining The Economist, Matthew was on the faculty of London Business School, where he co-authored three books for the Oxford University Press, on subjects ranging from privatization and regulation to corporate mergers. Prior to that he was educated at Oxford University. Matthew has served as a member of the Sykes Commission on the investment system in the 21st Century. He was also on the Advisors Group of the United Nations International Year of Microcredit 2005. He has been honored as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. He has been interviewed on numerous media outlets including NPR, BBC World TV and BBC Radio 4 'Today.'
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