“This Is Not Charity”
How Bill Clinton, Ira Magaziner, and a team of management consultants are creating new markets, reinventing philanthropy—and trying to save the world. [Web only: Slideshow: "The Clinton Effect."]
October 2007
In This Issue
Jonathan Rauch reports on Bill Clinton's charitable foundation; Olivia Judson on the evolution of kindness; Henry Blodget on conscientious investing; Joshua Hammer on Pakistan after Musharraf; Christopher Hitchens reviews Philip Roth; James Fallows on protecting your files and programs; Michael Hirschorn sings the praises of Facebook; and much more.
Features
The Conscientious Investor
Socially responsible investing is neither as profitable nor as responsible as advertised. But if you insist, here’s how to do it right.
The Selfless Gene
It’s easy to see how evolution can account for the dark streaks in human nature—the violence, treachery, and cruelty. But how does it produce kindness, generosity, and heroism?
After Musharraf
What the future holds for Pakistan—and for America
Philanthropy
Articles by Jane Addams, George Soros, and others on the art of giving.
Ideas and Consequences
Dispatches from the Aspen Ideas Festival
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Commanding Heights
Has presidential power reached its zenith under Bush? Don’t bet on it.
Calendar
TV writers feel the pinch; the boys of November; Clarence Thomas tells all
Primary Sources
The pirate polity; AK-47 alert; points for posture; the religiosity gender gap
Guantanamo's Shadow
The Atlantic recently asked a group of foreign policy authorities about the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Running Dry
The world’s most essential oil field may be in decline.
Beyond Belief
Some economists are beginning to doubt the benefits of free trade. What’s wrong with them?
Riders on the Storm
Can meteorologists armed with supercomputers and a few tons of soot stop a hurricane from reaching the Gulf Coast? Can they stop it without getting sued?
Books
Life in the Margins
Editor’s Choice: Finding the private lives of medieval men and women in the pages of their prayer books
Bowling Alone
The “greatest sports book ever written” is a mystery to Americans, for reasons all too revealing of national character.
Zuckerman Undone
In Philip Roth’s latest, the characters are treated with disregard—and the readers with something like contempt.
Cover to Cover
A guide to additional releases
Hidden Kingdom
Bhutan may be modernizing rapidly, but it’s still one of the most unspoiled places on Earth. [Web only: Slideshow: "A Happy Place."]
Simple Security
Protecting files and programs need not make you crazy—or even cost you a cent
John Krause About Facebook
By bringing order to the Web, Facebook could become as important to us as Google
Word Fugitives
Our cars, ourselves; affair-whether friends
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