Creative capitalism : a conversation with Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and other economic leaders / edited by Michael Kinsley ; with Conor Clarke.

Introduction / Michael Kinsley -- A new approach to capitalism / Bill Gates -- Creative capitalism : the cheat sheet / Michael Kinsley -- Bill Gates and Warren Buffett discuss "creative capitalism" -- Creative capitalism : a starting critique / Michael Kinsley -- The case for creative capitalism / Ed Glaeser -- But wait! Can't the poor decide for themselves? / Gregory Clark -- Let old-fashioned capitalism help the poor / William Easterly -- How capitalism can really get creative / Steven Landsburg -- Let's move beyond Milton Friedman's icy purity / Michael Glaeser -- Why creative capitalism would make things worse / Richard Posner -- Can corporations that do good really compete? / Gary Becker -- A reply to Richard Posner : reform comes from the bottom up / Ed Glaeser -- A reply to Ed Glaeser : what kind of firm are we talking about? / Richard Posner -- Is creative capitalism illegal? / John Quiggin -- Can a corporation do good without fear of Carl Icahn? / Ronald J. Gilson and Michael Kinsley -- Ten points about profit / Martin Wolf -- Can you be creative and still be capitalist? / Matthew Bishop -- Why creative capitalism gets in the way of democracy / Robert Reich -- No, creative capitalism will only make capitalism stronger / Paul Ormerod -- Old-fashioned capitalism is moral enough / William Easterly -- To Gates's critics : you're making perfect the enemy of the good / Elizabeth Stuart -- The problem with Gates : do as I say, not as I did / Clive Crook -- The problem with Friedman : a lack of imagination / Brad DeLong -- A quick reply to Brad DeLong : where's the harm? / Clive Crook -- To capitalism's defenders : don't be so defensive / Matthew Bishop -- A response to Elizabeth Stuart : if not profits, what? / William Easterly -- Why not experiment? / Paul Ormerod -- Capitalism works because it's self-correcting / William Easterly -- Pure versus creative capitalism : a false choice / Ed Glaeser -- What are we talking about? / Steven Landsburg -- In defense of a good reputation / Michael Kremer -- What are we talking about? Part two / Steven Landsburg -- Creative capitalism has its first tool / Loretta Michaels -- Why isn't regular capitalism good enough? / Steven Landsburg -- You can make profits and save the poor / Michael Kremer -- Creative capitalism is not philanthropy / Thierry Lefebvre -- Just do the right kind of lobbying / John Williamson -- My version of the right kind / Nancy Birdsall -- Just tax the rich / John Roemer -- A capitalist knows who to call / Abhijit Banerjee -- Does foreign aid create weak states? / Michael Kremer -- Yes, but weak states can be coaxed creatively / Eric Werker -- How the aid industry got creative / Nancy Birdsall -- Even government can be creative / Michael Kremer -- Don't change capitalism, expand it / Kyle Chauvin -- The lesson of history / Gregory Clark -- Gates : the right place at the right time / Nancy Koehn -- What makes capitalism work? / Jagdish Bhagwati -- You want creative capitalism? Try this / Lawrence Summers -- A reply to Summers : yes, it's a fair warning / Vernon Smith -- Maximizing whose profit? / Justin Fox -- A brief detour on efficient markets / Michael Kinsley and Lawrence Summers -- What makes creative capitalism hard? / Esther Duflo -- Does being recognized as a good citizen make a difference? / Tim Hartford -- Foundations could use the kick of creative capitalism / Alexander Friedman -- A reply to Alexander Friedman : there's no such thing as a free lunch / Steven Landsburg -- Prove that it works, and it will catch on / Clive Crook -- Gates Foundation to the rescue! / Tracy Williams, Michael Deich, and Josh Daniel -- A reply to the Foundation : you're out of touch / Gregory Clark -- Another reply to the Foundation : what are you saying? / Steven Landsburg -- Let us explain ourselves / Tracy Williams, Michael Deich, and Josh Daniel -- The Sears solution / David Vogel -- Reply to DavidVogel : the demand for virtue is rising / Conor Clarke -- A reply to Conor Clarke : let's not be too cynical / David Vogel -- The real blind spots of today's capitalists / Matt Miller -- The bad side effects of forcing good behavior / Edmund S. Phelps -- Altruists are like sadomasochists / Richard Posner -- What Gates really means / Martin Wolf -- What would Adam Smith do? / Clive Crook -- Putting creativity back into creative capitalism / John Quiggin -- Appendix: The social responsibility of business / Milton Friedman -- What's so bad about poverty? / Richard Posner -- Companies as citizens / Michael Kinsley -- Good company / Clive Crook.