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Big Ideas podcast

Big Ideas is a showcase of contemporary intellectual culture. It features lectures about subjects that shape our public debates, challenge our perceptions and contribute to our understanding of an increasingly complex world. Academics, authors and other luminaries deliver thought-provoking lectures on topics ranging across all the essential fields of human endeavor.
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Giving, aiding, tipping

Seeing articles this morning about Facebook’s Zuckerberg giving away half his fortune to charity reminded me of this interesting interview I heard on PRI a while back: TTBOOK: Ethics of Western Aid Dambisa Moyo makes the case that Western aid …
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