Gates' "creative capitalism": profits plus philanthropy
Date : 01 25 2008 Category : Technology
Ars TechnicaIn a high-profile speech at Davos, Bill Gates drew on one of Adam Smith's lesser-known works to argue that the desire to help others can be just as important as a motivator as the desire to increase profits. He urged entrepreneurs to harness peoples' charitable impulses to improve the lives of the world's poorest people.