Saturday 23 March 2013

Civilizations and Bill Gates

Don!

Have you read, "Why Nations Fail ...."? 

I am pondering the criticism that Gates had for the book. Now to speed read it... The interpretation of significant historical swings is such a fascinating subject..

Arthur

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On 13 Mar 2013, at 12:05 AM, Google 

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What Bill Gates Got Wrong About Why Nations Fail - by Daron Acemoglu and ...
Foreign Policy (blog)
Perhaps unsurprisingly, given his dedication to international aid, billionaire foundation chief Bill Gates falls into this category: His Feb. 26 review of our book was particularly uncharitable. Unfortunately, however, it was also dead wrong on many ...
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Bill Gates to SXSWedu: We Aren't Doing Enough to Spur the Advance of ...
Huffington Post
"We currently only direct about 1 percent of total R&D [research and development] dollars toward edtech...our investments don't match our mandate," said Bill Gates, Microsoft Founder and now Co-Chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to a ...
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Bill Gates to address House freshmen on Thursday
The Hill (blog)
Bill Gates will address members of the House freshmen class on Thursday, The Hill has learned. He will be speaking to the joint session of Democrats and Republicans in his capacity of co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Gates's talk ...
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Web1 new result for Bill Gates
 
Bill Gates Has a Solution for Higher Education: Yoda | Inside Higher ...
So Bill Gates and I, and just about everyone else I'm aware of, agree on two big things: 1. That large lecture classes are non-ideal atmospheres to engender ...
www.insidehighered.com/.../bill-gates-has-solution-higher-edu...
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