with Nicholas D. Kristof - A Conversation with Bill Gates

Columnist Nicholas Kristof talks with philanthropist Bill Gates about why aid to developing countries is more important during the economic downturn and vaccine breakthroughs on the horizon.

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• News
• Documentary

Starring:

• Nicholas D. Kristof

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• the new york times
• NYT
• NYtimes.com
• kristof
• billgates
• microsoft
• economy
• environment
• philanthropy

[rivbike]

No, hold on there a moment. Bill Gates is successful. And he (via the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) are the biggest donors in the world to the most worthy charities. Bill Gates has inspired Warren Buffet to donate. And now Sergie Brin (sp?) of Google is coming on board.

You may have your disagreements with his company, whatever, but he has certainly done, and continues to do lots of good with his money. Nobody donates more than the BMGF.

[wikikikikiwill]

look up the billions he donates before you talk, dumb fuck.

[lorrieringel]

very interesting post. Keep it up!



[TheDaily365]

We Amerians looks like helping  and great but deeply sale the arms then killing

[caliboysialer]

Stop taxing the rich you idiots this man has done more than the government,,, help the rich to help the needs stop sticking a rod up their assholes..... morons in the government really need to tax less people and less things so our economy can make a real rebound... stupid fucking bureaucrats.

[davfritz]

I'm going to add to my last comment, that if he were to become president, (who am I to say this....after all I'm not American- but heck, what America does effects us all)

he would be the greatest president in American history, exceeding Lincoln.

[davfritz]

I've got to take a plunge here and say that in my humble opinion, Gates would make a GREAT president.

[mefruh]

Deus na sua infinita sabedoria instituiu a "CRIAÇÃO" A LEI DE CAÇA E PREDADOR. Para que os rebanhos fosse contido do crescimento desordenado. Não podemos imaginar que o actual contingente de 7.000.000.000 de humanos sejas aceitável. Se a humanidade encontrou meios de libertar-se do jugo da lei natural imposta a toda a criação, indistintamente. Ela não pode julgar no direito de PROCRIAR, PROCRIAR, PROCRIAR, sem a finalidade de coexistência a sua natural carência para O SEU REAL PROPÓSITO NA TERRA

[MultiSmartass1]

Gates has nothing better to do so why not pretend to be an advocate for the poor?

We can't even take care of the homeless and poor in this country. we don't care about them.

How about beginning to deal with people who need resources here in this country before pretending to give a crap about people in other countries?

[twobkind]

for all the people who go after Gates and Microsoft, I bet not one of them can compare in his charitable efforts.

to answer Kristoff's question about why now in these hard economic times should we should we step up to the plate for other people a long way away: no matter how bad things are for us, someone else has it worse.

That said, anyone notice at 1:33 or so how the same oral vaccine is given to three kids in a row? cross-contamination / hygiene anyone?