Creative Capitalism A Conversation with Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Other Economic Leaders
by Kinsley, Michael; Clarke, ConorFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-12-08
Publisher(s): Simon & Schuster
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Summary
Michael Kinsley is a noted journalist and political commentator. He was one of the most successful editors ofThe NewRepublic magazine. He was the host of CNN'sCrossfireand foundedSlate, the nation's first online magazine. He also served as the editorial page editor forThe Los Angeles Timesand has written forThe Guardianand theNew Yorker. He is a regular contributor toTimemagazine. Michael currently lives in Seattle , Washington with his wife Patty Stonesifer, CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Author Biography
Michael Kinsley is a columnist for The Atlantic, past editor of The New Republic and Harper's, editorial and opinion editor of the Los Angeles Times, American editor of The Economist, and founding editor of Slate. His writing has also appeared in The New Yorker, Time, The Washington Post, and other publications.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. vii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| A New Approach to Capitalism | p. 7 |
| Creative Capitalism: The Cheat Sheet | p. 17 |
| Bill Gates and Warren Buffett Discuss "Creative Capitalism" | p. 20 |
| Creative Capitalism: A Starting Critique | p. 40 |
| The Case for Creative Capitalism | p. 48 |
| But Wait! Can't the Poor Decide for Themselves? | p. 51 |
| Let Old-fashioned capitalism Help the Poor | p. 55 |
| How Capitalism Can Really Get Creative | p. 58 |
| Let's Move Beyond Milton Friedman's Icy Purity | p. 60 |
| Why Creative Capitalism Would Make Things Worse | p. 63 |
| Can Corporations That Do Good Really Compete? | p. 68 |
| A Reply to Richard Posner: Reform Comes from the Bottom Up | p. 72 |
| A Reply to Ed Glaeser: What Kind of Firm Are We Talking About? | p. 75 |
| Is Creative Capitalism Illegal? | p. 77 |
| Can a Corporation Do Good Without Fear of Carl Icahn? | p. 80 |
| Ten Points About Profit | p. 84 |
| Can You Be Creative and Still Be Capitalist? | p. 88 |
| Why Creative Capitalism Gets in the Way of Democracy | p. 91 |
| No, Creative Capitalism Will Only Make Capitalism Stronger | p. 100 |
| Old-fashioned Capitalism is Moral Enough | p. 104 |
| To Gates's Critics: You're Making Perfect the Enemy of the Good | p. 107 |
| The Problem with Gates: Do as I Say, Not as I Did | p. 110 |
| The Problem with Friedman: A Lack of Imagination | p. 115 |
| A Quick Reply to Brad DeLong: Where's the Harm? | p. 118 |
| To Capitalism's Defenders: Don't Be So Defensive | p. 120 |
| A Response to Elizabeth Stuart: If Not Profits, What? | p. 124 |
| Why Not Experiment? | p. 126 |
| Capitalism Works Because It's Self-Correcting | p. 128 |
| Pure Versus Creative Capitalism: A False Choice | p. 130 |
| What Are We Talking About? | p. 132 |
| In Defense of a Good Reputation | p. 134 |
| What Are We Taking About? Part Two | p. 138 |
| Creative Capitalism Has Its First Tool | p. 140 |
| Why Isn't Regular Capitalism Good Enough? | p. 143 |
| You Can Make Profits and Save the Poor | p. 146 |
| Creative Capitalism Is Not Philanthropy | p. 150 |
| Just Do the Right Kind of Lobbying | p. 152 |
| My Version of the Right Kind | p. 155 |
| Just Tax the Rich | p. 156 |
| A Capitalist Knows Who to Call | p. 161 |
| Does Foreign Aid Create Weak States? | p. 166 |
| Yes, but Weak States Can Be Coaxed Creatively | p. 170 |
| How the Aid Industry Got Creative | p. 172 |
| Even Government Can Be Creative | p. 174 |
| Don't Change Capitalism, Expand It | p. 178 |
| The Lesson of History | p. 183 |
| Gates: The Right Place at the Right Time | p. 186 |
| What Makes Capitalism Work? | p. 190 |
| In Defense of a Good Reputation, Part Two | p. 193 |
| You Want Creative Capitalism? Try This | p. 195 |
| A Reply to Summers: Yes, It's a Fair Warning | p. 197 |
| Maximizing Whose Profit? | p. 201 |
| A Brief Detour on Efficient Markets: An email exchange between Kinsley and Summers | p. 204 |
| What Makes Creative Capitalism Hard? | p. 207 |
| Does Being Recongnized as a Good Citizen Make a Difference? | p. 212 |
| Foundations Could Use the Kick of Creative Capitalism | p. 216 |
| A Reply to Alexander Friedman: There's No Such Thing as a Free Lunch | p. 221 |
| Prove That It Works, and It Will Catch On | p. 222 |
| Gates Foundation to the Rescue! | p. 226 |
| A Reply to the Foundation: You're out to Touch | p. 236 |
| Another Reply to the Foundation: What Are You Saying? | p. 238 |
| Let Us Explain Ourselves | p. 243 |
| The Sears Solution | p. 246 |
| A Reply to David Vogel: The Demand for Virute Is Rising | p. 253 |
| A Reply to Conor Clarke: Let's Not Be Too Cynical | p. 257 |
| The Real Blind Spots of Today's Capitalists | p. 262 |
| The Bad Side Effects of Forcing Good Behavior | p. 265 |
| Altruists Are like Sadomasochists | p. 273 |
| What Gates Really Means | p. 276 |
| What Would Adam Smith Do? | p. 280 |
| Putting Creativity Back into Creative Capitalism | p. 284 |
| Appendix | p. 287 |
| The Social Responsibility of Business | p. 287 |
| What's So Bad About Poverty? | p. 297 |
| Companies as Citizens | p. 301 |
| Good Company | p. 305 |
| Contributors | p. 311 |
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