Title: Buying a better world : George Soros and billionaire philanthropy /
Authors: Porter, Anna
Year: 2015
Subjects: Soros, George; Open Society Foundations; Philanthropists United States Biography; Capitalists and financiers United States Biography
Abstract: A biography of speculator and philanthropist George Soros, focusing on the last decade and the work done by his Open Society Foundations.
Contents: The man and his ideas. The messiah of Wall Street -- The difficulty of being Jewish -- The ideas that fuel the man and his foundations -- The Open Society Foundations. Mr. Human Rights -- The hub in New York -- The legalist -- In Eastern Europe. The Hungarian experiment -- Eastern promises -- The failure in Russia -- Meddling in the Balkans -- The struggles of the Roma -- Spreading across the world. African expeditions -- Myanmar: another test for democracy -- Tackling America -- Soros and global issues. And justice for all -- The politics of public health -- The challenges of climate change -- Ending the war on drugs -- The battle for the soul of Europe.