The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.
You cannot mandate philanthropy. It has to come from within, and when it does, it is deeply satisfying.
In a world of global dependencies with no corresponding global polity and few tools of global justice, the rich of the world are free to pursue their own interests while paying no attention to the rest.
Philanthropy is natural. For a mother, taking care of her children is natural. If I am rich, I take care of the poor, like a mother would.
Philanthropy is activism.
Those of us who have yet to find philanthropy may find there is a far greater reward from it than from wealth creation.
The existing world economic order constitutes a system of plundering and exploitation like no other in history. Thus, the peoples believe less and less in statements and promises.
A world in which government is burdened by historic debt, philanthropy has limited resources, and the private sector is only interested in its own personal gain is simply unsustainable.
People acting in their own self-interest is the fuel for all the discovery, innovation, and prosperity that powers the world.
There is the expression of selfishness and there is the expression of selflessness - but economists or theoreticians never touched that part. They said: 'Go and become a philanthropist.' I said, 'No, I can do that in the business world, create a different kind of business - a business based on selflessness.'