Corporate philotimy: The big new concept in responsible capitalism Capitalism — like most isms — has many faces. In the eighteenth century, it produced the military-political piracy of the East India Company, and in the twenty-first, the philanthropy of the $47bn Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It has the capacity for profoundly significant choices. Economies are capitalist if they are dominated by private capital [...]
DEBATE: Should museums and galleries consider auctioning off items to stay afloat? Anita Choudhrie, philanthropist and founder of Stellar International Art Foundation, says YES UK museums have long been reticent about deaccessioning. Ethical codes for British museums and galleries state that items should be retained within the public domain, but that in exceptional circumstances sales can occur, provided that proceeds are used to benefit the collection. No [...]
A history lesson on the Black Death teaches us to resist the urge to panic about Covid-19 When Pope Francis announced the cancellation of major public engagements, his tired face half-obscured by a handkerchief filled front pages across the world — before he headed into self-imposed isolation. Nearly 700 years ago, Pope Clement VI was trying very hard not to catch a different infectious disease that was then sweeping Europe. Known to [...]
