There’s two kinds of benevolence here. The stranger/donors are obviously being benevolent. However, in our times, providing layaway accounts (and bearing the operating cost of doing so) is benevolent capitalism. Read more…
Month: December 2011
Benevolent Capitalism – An Example
The city of San Francisco, California has more than a thousand school-age children who are “homeless”. Thanks to Marc and Lynne Benioff of Salesforce.com, as many as 200 families spending their nights in city shelters, sleeping in cars or on the streets will be moved into public or subsidized housing. Read more…
Benevolent Capitalism – What It Isn’t
- It isn’t banks putting off the enforcement of foreclosures during the holiday season.