Microsoft co-founder and Chairman Bill Gates (L) and his wife Melinda Gates listen as investment guru Warren Buffett (R) addresses a press conference June 26, 2006 in New York regarding his pledge of 10 million class B shares of Berkshire Hathaway Corporation to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. (Photo by NICHOLAS ROBERTS/AFP/Getty Images)
The new philanthropy
Warren Buffett's plan to hand over the bulk of his fortune to the Gates Foundation has some suggesting we're entering a new "golden age" of philanthropy.
Guests
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Paul Schervish: Professor of sociology and director of the Boston College Center on Wealth and Philanthropy.
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Matthew Bishop: American business editor for The Economist magazine.
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