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Coincidentally, Kahneman’s article appeared the same week that Buffett announced the largest philanthropic donation in US history – $30 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and another $7 billion to other charitable
foundations.
The credit crisis exposed the flimsy
foundations
of the sustained growth that the US and Europe enjoyed during the past four to five years.
Indeed, the vast majority of today’s developed countries grew from strong agricultural foundations, where surplus production generated wealth and prosperity.
They must continue to deepen the
foundations
of democracy and ensure the political stability that is so critical to economic growth.
But Asia not only has the type of stable common ethical
foundations
that were so important to European integration; it also has a well developed set of moral principles, some of which were an established part of Asian culture long before similar principles were adopted in Europe.
Although Asia seems to lack Europe’s cultural core, there are core ethical constants that have long governed Asian societies and indicate common ethical
foundations.
That is what my network of
foundations
seeks to do.
Based on the experience of my
foundations
in countries like Russia, I assert that outside assistance can be effective.
Indeed, the crisis is beginning to erode the very
foundations
– the Franco-German and transatlantic partnerships – of a post-war European order that has ensured a period of peace and prosperity without precedent in the history of the continent.
The two
foundations
of Europe’s seven decades of peace are cracking.
Indeed, this could be the best contribution they can make to the common spiritual, moral, and political
foundations
of a united Europe.
Little did these countries know that their divergent paths would end up fueling large global imbalances, and eventually trigger a financial crisis that has shaken the prevailing international economic order to its
foundations.
As you probably know, I have set up Open Society foundations, which are active all over the world.
Like all of my other foundations, it is guided by a board composed of people living where the foundation is active, and it has begun to function.
That rapidly depleted its modest foreign-exchange reserves, triggering a severe financial crisis in 1991, which in turn compelled India to embark on radical economic reforms that laid the
foundations
for its economic rise.
This ethos produced some of the twentieth century’s most important discoveries in science and technology, including the
foundations
of radio astronomy in 1932 and the invention of the transistor in 1947.
And now that anger over the effects of globalization is boiling over and rattling the very
foundations
of Western societies.
Struggling with a crisis that is shaking the
foundations
of capitalism and the American way of life, and laden with a $10 trillion national debt and a $1 trillion budget deficit, the United States is bound to opt for a realistic foreign policy, one that departs from the haughty disregard for history, tradition, and religion that characterized the Bush administration.
Community leaders, politicians, government ministries, the scientific community, leading nongovernmental organizations, religious groups, international organizations, donor organizations, and
foundations
are all motivated to come together for a common purpose.
Education Innovation in the Middle EastLONDON – Supporting the millions of newly displaced people of the Middle East demands resources far beyond the capacity of the United Nations, and is a continuous humanitarian-aid challenge for companies, foundations, and public-sector donors.
But thanks to the Platform for Education in Emergencies Response, charities, philanthropists, and
foundations
can unite to help refugee students find higher-education opportunities, and to provide safe havens for lecturers and professors persecuted by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
Many countries in Africa bear witness to the disproportionate amounts devoted (mainly by private foundations) to combating AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, while general health-care services receive only symbolic sums.
In doing so, however, China is not openly calling into question the
foundations
of the liberal order.
But fiscal pressures in many of the wealthiest countries have resulted in a 6% decline in ODA since 2010 (in real terms), despite the emergence of new government donors and large private
foundations.
The primeval
foundations
of all religious systems contain, in different forms, the same basic principles, the same moral imperatives.
A second key source of capital lies with private and community philanthropic foundations, which are required by US law to donate at least 5% of their assets to charitable causes annually.
In 2012, such
foundations
distributed about $52 billion to support their philanthropic missions.
But a growing number of
foundations
– such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Kresge Foundation – are increasing the share of assets they direct toward investments that further their philanthropy.
Unfortunately, program-related spending still represents only 1% of capital deployed by foundations, with just 0.05% of that going toward equity investments.
Likewise, as the US taskforce on impact investing recommended, the authorities should clarify the permissible investment activity of tax-exempt
foundations.
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