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)
How the super rich serve society
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The wealthiest 5 percent might spend much more than the rest of us, lend capital to build industries and support causes, but do the rich really serve society the way they used to? A look at whether the wealthy might help drive the next economy.
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Charles Geisst: Finance historian and professor at Manhattan College. His forthcoming book is (on the credit crisis) "Collateral Damaged" (Aug 2009).
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Robert Frank: Economics professor at Cornell University. His latest book is called "The Economic Naturalist's Field Guide."
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