Mark Zuckerberg and "Impact Investing"
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 1 January 2016
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Mark Zuckerberg has already changed the world we all live in. Now he wants to change the world that future generations will live in, too.
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| 0:00.0 | Join left-right and center host Bob Shear for his new podcast, Shear Intelligence. |
| 0:06.4 | The twice-monthly podcast features thinkers and trendsetters in conversation with one of political journalism's leading voices. |
| 0:13.9 | Through the show's unique and sometimes surprising perspectives, you'll get up to speed on the current issues shaping the Beltway and the world. Find sheer |
| 0:23.7 | intelligence on KCRW's iTunes page. From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI Public Radio International, |
| 0:32.8 | this is To the Point. Mark Zuckerberg, an impact investing. |
| 0:41.8 | Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International, |
| 0:45.7 | a daily look at the issues Americans care about most. Happy New Year. |
| 0:49.1 | At the age of 31, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is one of the richest men in the world. |
| 0:54.0 | Now he wants to invest in the future. |
| 0:56.1 | He and his wife have pledged $45 billion to improve education, cure disease, connect people, and build strong |
| 1:02.9 | communities. It's a form of impact investing that supporters call the future of charity. |
| 1:08.8 | Skeptics say it's a way of escaping taxes and increasing political power. |
| 1:13.2 | We'll hear from both sides. |
| 1:14.6 | And look at what happened to Zuckerberg's earlier effort to reform public schools in Newark, New Jersey. |
| 1:20.3 | Today's talking point, military bases on foreign soil, good or bad for America. |
| 1:25.9 | First, here's the news. |
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| 1:53.9 | International Program Fund. I'm Barbara Bogave in for Warren Allney and back with To the Point. |
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