Center for Social Innovation

Matthew Bishop and Michael Green examine how the new generation of billionaires are reshaping the way they give.

Proceeding from interviews with some of the most powerful people on the planet, Bishop shows how a web of wealthy, motivated donors has set out to change the world.

Co-sponsored by the Center for Social Innovation at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS Center), and The H.A.N.D. Foundation

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Matthew Bishop is Chief Business Writer and U.S. Business Editor of The Economist, based in New York. He was previously The Economist's London-based Business Editor, and has also served as its New York Bureau Chief. Matthew is the author of several Economist special survey supplements, including most recently "The Business of Giving," which looks at the industrial revolution taking place in philanthropy; "Kings of Capitalism," which anticipated and analyzed the recent boom in private equity; and "Capitalism and its Troubles," an examination of the impact of problems such as the collapse of Enron. Matthew is the author of "Essential Economics," the official Economist layperson's guide to economics.

Before joining The Economist, Matthew was on the faculty of London Business School, where he co-authored three books for the Oxford University Press, on subjects ranging from privatization and regulation to corporate mergers. Prior to that he was educated at Oxford University. Matthew has served as a member of the Sykes Commission on the investment system in the 21st Century. He was also on the Advisors Group of the United Nations International Year of Microcredit 2005. He has been honored as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. He has been interviewed on numerous media outlets including NPR, BBC World TV and BBC Radio 4 “Today.”