David Bahnsen’s Capital Record

David L. Bahnsen, National Review Institute senior fellow and founder of The Bahnsen Group, provides a guide to understanding how free markets, sound money, and limited government create lasting prosperity.

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What About That Giving Pledge?

David looks at a 2010 effort launched by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, and suggests that there is a way to promote generosity that does not lend itself to a high-profile indulgence.

Is it a good thing for wealthy people to give money away? Is it a good thing for them to give half of it away? All of it? Is a pledge a gift? How should one who values a virtuous society think about this very idea? In this Capital Record, David looks at the results of a high-profile 2010 effort launched by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, and suggests that there is a way to promote generosity that does not lend itself to a high-profile indulgence.

David L. Bahnsen

David L. Bahnsen is the managing partner of a wealth-management firm and a frequent writer and public commentator on matters of economics, faith and work, and markets.

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