The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The Gates-Buffett Merger Isn't Good for Philanthropy

By Pablo Eisenberg

Warren Buffett's donation of more than $30-billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was a huge and generous gift that could well inspire other very wealthy individuals to donate much greater sums to charity in their lifetimes than they had previously planned. And it could prompt many wealthy donors to think far more carefully about...

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