Bill Gates makes a bet: Foundations of the future free market

Published June 20, 2025 5:20am ET



“We’re not running out of rich people,” Bill Gates recently told David Wallace-Wells of the New York Times Magazine in an interview about why he was deciding to close the doors of his foundation in 20 years. More than any other sentiment, it is this one that seems largely missing in the world of philanthropy today.

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