Gates Foundation is able to influence public policy because it comes in with so much money. The gates foundae i sik e trying to cure poleo malaria, much more convincing if he give away pooer,. If you keep control right. You know, this is the best situation you can think of as a millionaire. When you're a millionaire, you cannot spend it all dressed on your food or clothes. O, you have to do something. I think we are being very naive about the ideas that, you know, now we don't need taxation, we don’t need the government. We just need to wait for billionaires to give some of the up. This is
Paris Marx is joined by Tim Schwab to discuss how Bill Gates wields his wealth to shape public policy, the many conflicts of interest of Bill and his Foundation, and how legitimate criticism of power is being positioned as conspiracy.
Tim Schwab is an investigative journalist whose recent work on the Gates Foundation has been published by The Nation, the Columbia Review of Journalism, and the British Medical Journal. Follow Tim on Twitter as @TimothyWSchwab.
Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.
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