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The good news is that creative capitalism is already with us. Some corporations have identified brand-new markets among the poor for life-changing technologies like cell phones. Others — sometimes with a nudge from activists — have seen how they can do good and do well at the same time.

By Shiraz Janjua | Saturday, August 2, 2008 - 7:34am

—Bill Gates, from a recent piece in TIME about “creative capitalism,” no doubt inspired by our program this week.


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