Huge donations actually help billionaires spin stock swings into tax breaks and lasting influence.
- Professor of Management, University of St Andrews
The 19th-century industrialists were called ‘robber barons’ – but they did more to improve society than many of today’s super-rich.
Is it a game changer or just pocket change?
Their structures and funding give them scope and access that others don’t have, but foundations also lack accountability.
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