Money clashes with mission

The Gates Foundation invests heavily in sub-prime lenders and other businesses that undercut its good works.

The conflict is one of many that a Times investigation has found between the foundation's investments and its good works. The Gates Foundation reaps vast profits every year from companies whose actions contradict its mission of improving society in the United States and around the world, particularly the lot of people afflicted by poverty and disease. Full Story »

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Ben Ross
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by Ben Ross - Oct. 1, 2008

Clear reporting. The example used, works to make a eureka moment. Profit before people,even by charities. The usual cakewalk in the media stops for a minute, Gates and other billionaires even in their self aggrandizing handouts shows the cynicism pervasive in our economy.

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