Shift in Tone at 2009 Clinton Conference, and More: Friday’s Roundup

September 25, 2009, 11:39 am

The Clinton Global Initiative, the former president’s annual gathering on philanthropy, hasn’t exactly jumped the shark, writes Mitch Nauffts, of the Foundation Center. But the mood at this fall’s meeting is less breathless than in year’s past, says Mr. Nauffts his PhilanTopic blog.

Matthew Bishop, an editor with The Economist and the author of a book about philanthropy, writes on his blog that the Grameen Bank’s founder, Muhammad Yunus, has takend “too narrow” a vision of a “social business” by saying it should be nonprofit rather than for-profit.