10 toughest questions
Bill Gates Annual Letter for 2018, there’s a lot to take in here, and I found something interesting in the responses to each question. Hopefully you will to.
- Why don’t you give more in the United States?
- What do you have to show for the billions you’ve spent on U.S. education?
- Why don’t you give money to fight climate change?
- Are you imposing your values on other cultures?
- Does saving kids’ lives lead to overpopulation?
- There’s another benefit to the pattern Melinda describes—first more children survive, then families decide to have fewer children—which is that it can lead to a burst of economic growth that economists call “the demographic dividend.” Here’s how it works.
When more children live, you get one generation that’s relatively big. Then, when families decide to have fewer children, the next generation is much smaller. Eventually, a country ends up with relatively more people in the labor force producing economically—and relatively fewer dependents (very old or very young people). That’s a recipe for rapid economic development, especially if countries take advantage of it by investing in health and education.
- There’s another benefit to the pattern Melinda describes—first more children survive, then families decide to have fewer children—which is that it can lead to a burst of economic growth that economists call “the demographic dividend.” Here’s how it works.
- How are President Trump’s policies affecting your foundation’s work?
- Why do you work with corporations?
- Is it fair that you have so much influence?
- What happens when the two of you disagree?
- Why are you really giving your money away—what’s in it for you?
Source: Gates Notes