Why The Rich Care About Inequality

[jeffrey]

Friday’s Wall Street Journal carried a remarkable story about Bill Gates — and a telling quote about wealth in our time.

The page one piece, penned by my colleague Rob Guth, described how Gates got ready for his commencement speech to Harvard — the school he famously dropped out of in 1975 to launch Microsoft.

Rather than giving advice on how to succeed or how technology is changing the world, Gates talked an issue not usually associated with billionaires — reducing inequality.

The Wealth Report - WSJ.com : Why the Rich Care About Inequality

[SnoopyCool]

Time ran a story on him this week regarding the same subject.