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- BU Alumni Weekend, Sept 26-28All day
- Spot On! Podcast: What You Need To Know About Anti-Obesity Medications Before You Take Them12:00 am
- Group Crit: MFA Painting and Sculpture 1969 – 2024All day
- Thursday Write-Togethers10:00 am
- Library Fest11:00 am
- Workshop - LinkedIn11:00 am
- C3 gDAG: Medical Campus Disability Advocacy Lunch & Chat12:00 pm
- Resume & Cover Letter Drop-Ins 12:00 pm
- Fireside Chat w/Dean DiChristina and Dean's Advisory Board12:00 pm
- Shapiro Lecture with Judge Pratt and Judge Gertner12:30 pm
- Is There an Ethical Obligation to Improve the Law?12:45 pm
- Creative Expressions Group1:30 pm
- Graduate Admissions Office Hours (Virtual)2:00 pm
- Russian Tea3:00 pm
- Understanding Self and Others3:00 pm
- Spiritual Care Office Hours3:45 pm
- OCD Support Group4:00 pm
- The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire4:00 pm
- CISS and CRC Fall Semester Welcome Back Open House4:00 pm
- September Early Childhood Well-Being Research in Progress4:00 pm
- Negotiating at Work: Turn Small Wins into Big Gains Workshop5:00 pm
- RAD for Women6:00 pm
- Talent Night6:00 pm
- BU Hillel: Israeli Cooking Class6:30 pm
The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire
Tim Schwab’s book, "The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire," argues that the Gates Foundation is not a philanthropy but rather an unregulated political actor which shapes government spending and priorities in profound ways, particularly in global health. A growing body of independent experts, and the foundation’s own intended beneficiaries, today argue that Bill Gates’s charitable crusade is doing more harm than good. We are long overdue to have an open, honest public debate about the Gates Foundation and to interrogate the model of extreme wealth and undemocratic power it represents.
| When | 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm on Thursday, September 26, 2024 |
|---|---|
| Building | Hybrid; 67 Bay State Road |
| Contact Organization | Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future |
| Fees | Free |
| Speakers | Tim Schwab, Freelance Journalist; Author, The Bill Gates Problem |