[lbo-talk] Zizek animated

c b cb31450 at gmail.com
Thu Aug 5 07:33:19 PDT 2010


Moi aussi! (Though, I've been reminded that not all charity is immediately capitalist charity or the equivalent of green consumerism.) APR

^^^^^ CB; Coincidently, this on capitalist charity was just in the news:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1300336/34-billionaires-away-half-wealth.html

The greatest charity giveaway in history? 34 billionaires pledge half of their fortunes By Mail Foreign Service Last updated at 11:49 AM on 5th August 2010

Thirty-four U.S. billionaires have today pledged to give away at least 50 per cent of their wealth to charity as part of a campaign by investor Warren Buffett and Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Among the billionaires joining the campaign are New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, entertainment executive Barry Diller, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens, media mogul Ted Turner, banker David Rockefeller and investor Ronald Perelman. The Giving Pledge was started in June by Mr Gates, whose $53billion (£33.3bn) fortune places him second on the Forbes magazine list of the world's

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1300336/34-billionaires-away-half-wealth.html#ixzz0vk3kWtk4



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