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Can Market-Based Methods Really Solve Social Issues?

Date: April 13, 2010

Time: 7:00 PM

Lecture Hall 101
New York University
19 West 4th St.
New York, NY

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A new movement called philanthrocapitalism promises to save the world by applying a market-based perspective to various social and economic challenges. How well can this approach solve the complex and nuanced goals of fundamental social transformation? Some argue that philanthrocapitalism is a new and innovative way to breathe life and resources into the causes for which we advocate. Others maintain that business-based solutions are based on an entirely different set of principles, and will never inspire the collaborative spirit necessary for true change.

Join Demos, the Roosevelt Institute Campus Network, the Stern Business Ethics Society, and the Wagner Policy Alliance for an exciting debate on the role of business methods in philanthropy. Prominent scholars and practitioners will draw upon their expertise to discuss and debate the costs and benefits of philanthrocapitalism in tackling our toughest social problems, both in the US and globally.

Panelists Include:

Michael Edwards
Distinguished Senior Fellows at Demos, Author of Small Change: Why Business Won’t Save the World, and Visiting Scholar at NYU's Wagner School of Public Service

Devin Stewart
Director of the Global Policy Innovations Program at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs and NYU Professor on Sustainability and Business Ethics

Rex W. Mixon
Former Head of the Enforcement Division of the New York Stock Exchange and NYU Stern Adjunct Professor of Business Ethics

This event will be webcast live at www.demos.org.

Click here to RSVP. For more information, contact Jinny Khanduja at jkhanduja@demos.org.

With: Michael Edwards

Tags: Business Ethics | Values & Politics