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Operation Warp Speed
Oprah Winfrey Show, The
oral hydration therapy
Orbital Therapeutics
Oscar Mayer fortune
Our World in Data
Owens, Marcus
Oxford Farming Conference
Oxford Union debate of 2019
OxyContin
Packard, David
Padma Bhushan Award
Pakistan
Park, Alex
Parkin, Max
Patent and Trademark Office
patents
PATH
Patman, Wright
Patnaik, Priti
Patriotic Millionaires
Paul, Rand
Paulson, Erik
Paulson, Tom
PC Magazine
Peace Corps
Pearson
Pelley, Scott
Pelosi, Nancy
Pence, Mike
People
Perdue, David
Perry, Matthew
Peru
Pfizer
phantom aid
pharmaceutical development
pharmaceutical industry. See also specific companies; and products
pharmaceutical prices
Philanthropy Roundtable
Philippines
Pierce, Todd
Piketty, Thomas
Piller, Charles
Piper, Kelsey
Pivotal Ventures
Planet Money (radio show)
Planned Parenthood
Playboy
pneumococcal vaccines
pneumonia
PnuVax
polio
polio eradication efforts
Politico
PolitiFact
Poonawalla, Adar
Poonawalla, Cyrus
Population Council
Populations Communications International
Porter, Katie
Portman, Rob
Postsecondary National Policy Institute
Postsecondary Value Commission
Poynter Institute for Media Studies
Prabhala, Achal
Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism
Preventing the Next Pandemic (Hotez)
Prevnar vaccines
Project syndicate
Project Zero
ProPublica
prostate cancer drugs
Pryor, Richard
Public Citizen
Public Health England
Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI)
public-private partnerships
Putin, Vladimir
Queens College
Quigley, Mike
Ragland, Alice
Raikes, Jeff
RAND Corporation
Rasheed, Muneera
Raveendran, Yadurshini
Ravitch, Diane
Razum, Oliver
Reckhow, Sarah
Reddy, Srinath
Reich, Robert
Reproductive Health Uganda
Republicans
Reserve Bank of India
Resnik, David
Reuters
Reveal (radio show)
Revelle, Natalie
Road Ahead, The (Gates)
Roberts, Dorothy
Roche
Rock, Joeva
RockCreek Group
Rockefeller, John D.
Rockefeller Foundation
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Rodale Institute
Roe v. Wade
Rolling Stone
Roosevelt, Theodore
Rosenberg, Tina
Rotary Foundation
RotaTeq vaccine
rotavirus vaccines
Roundup
Roux Prize
Rubin, Eric
Rubio, Marco
Russia
Rust, Tom
Rutazibwa, Olivia U.
Rwanda
Sackler family
Salesforce
Sanders, Bernie
San Diego equestrian facility
Sanford, Stefanie
Sanger, Margaret
sanitation
Sanofi Pasteur
Sayana Press
schistosomiasis vaccine
Schmidt, Eric
Schmidt Futures
Schock, Aaron
schools
charter
private
Schrödinger company
Schurman, Rachel
Schwartz, Andrew
Scientific American
Scott, Cheryl
Scott, MacKenzie
Scripps
Seattle
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Seattle Times
Securities and Exchange Commission
Senderowicz, Leigh
Senegal
Serum Institute of India
“Seven Million Lives Saved” (McArthur)
sex trafficking
sexually transmitted diseases
sex workers
Seychelles
Shah, Rajiv
Shapiro, Ari
Sheppard, Kate
shigella vaccines
Sierra Leone
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley (TV show)
Silver Lake
Simpsons, The
Sinema, Kyrsten
Singapore
Singer, Peter
Sinopharm
60 Minutes (TV show)
SK bioscience
Sky News
Slalom consulting
Slate
Slate Group
Slim, Carlos
smallpox
Smith, Jeremy N.
Smith, Nicole
Smithsonian Institution
Smolders, Harrie
Social Equality Educators
SoftCard
Solutions Journalism Network (SJN)
Sorkin, Andrew Ross
Soros, George
South Africa
South Asia
Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute
Speak Up Africa
Spectator
Sri Lanka
Srivastava, Amit
Staley, James
standardized tests
Stanford University
Starbucks
STAT
State Department
Stemcell Technologies
STEM subjects
sterilization
Stewart, James B.
Stichting European Journalism Centre
Stiglitz, Joseph
Stonesifer, Patty
Stop TB Partnership
Streckfus, Paul
Strong American Schools
Succession (TV show)
Sudan
Summers, Larry
Sun Valley Conference
Surface tablet
Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation
Suzman, Mark
Sweden
Switzerland
Syngenta
Syria
Take, The (podcast)
Takeda company
Tampa Bay, Florida
Tampa Bay Times
Tampio, Nicholas
Tanzania
taxes
TaxMeNow
TB Alliance
teachers
teachers’ unions
Teachers United
technology. See also specific types
assigning to different developer
Big
binding beneficiaries to
biomedical, vs. social aspects of health
business dimensions of
climate and energy and
education and
emphasis on
fail fast culture and
GMOs and influence on use of
influence on government spending on
influence over development of
intellectual property rights and
licensing and
Microsoft and
poor nations
public investment in
small companies and grantees and
solutions to social problems through
takeover of new
vaccines as companion not replacement
Tech Won’t Save Us (podcast)
TED Talks
Temasek
TerraPower
Texas Tech University
The 74 news site
This American Life (radio show)
Thomas, Jim
Thomson Reuters
3M
Thrive by Five
Tichenor, Marlee
Ticketmaster
Tillerson, Rex
Time
Times of India
Time Warner
tobacco companies
Toenniessen, Gary
Tompkins-Stange, Megan
Town and Country
Treasury Department
tropical diseases
Trump, Donald
Trump Foundation
Truth about the Drug Companies, The (Angell)
tuberculosis (TB)
Tufts University, Global Development and Environment Institute
Turner, Ted
UBS
Uganda
Ukraine
Umea University
UNESCO World Heritage sites
UNICEF
Union of Concerned Scientists
unions
Unitaid
United Kingdom (UK)
United Nations
Committee on World Food Security
COVAX and
Food Systems Summit (2021)
Population Fund
WHO and
United Nations Foundation
United Nations Population Division
United Nations University
United Negro College Fund
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
U.S. Congress
Appropriations Committees
educational trips and
Ethics Committees
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
U.S. House Resolution 638
U.S. Senate
U.S. Supreme Court
United Way
University of Barcelona
University of California
Irvine
Los Angeles
San Francisco
University of Cambridge
University of Chicago
University of Essex
University of Manitoba
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
University of North Carolina
University of Oxford
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
University of Sydney
University of Texas
University of Washington Foundation
University of Washington (UW)
Board of Regents
IHME and
University of Wisconsin
RiverFalls
urban population
USA Today
Uttar Pradesh
Vaccine
Vaccine Impact Modelling Consortium
vaccines. See also specific diseases; and vaccines
Vanity Fair
Venezuela
Verge, the
Victoria’s Secret
Vietnam
Vignola, Chad
Villanueva, Edgar
Vital Pakistan Trust
Voorhies, Rodger
Vox
Waging Justice for Women
Wagner, Ann
Waiting for “Superman” (documentary)
Walker, Darren
Walker, Melanie
Wallace, James
Wall Street Journal
Walmart
Walsh, Tom
Walton Family Foundation
Walvax
Wambugu, Florence
Ward, Vicky
Warren, Elizabeth
Washington Post
Washington State
Washington State Charter Schools Association
Washington State University
Waste Connections
Waste Management
water
Watermark Estate Management Services
wealth, extreme
wealth tax
Web of Science
Weingarten, Randi
Wellington equestrian facility
Westin, David
Wexner, Leslie
White House Summit of 2007
Wilczek, Frank
William H. Gates Foundation
Williams, Brian
Windows
Winfrey, Oprah
Wired
Wise, Tim
Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism
women
WomenLift Health
World Bank
World Economic Forum
World Health Assembly (1999)
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Mosquito Program
World Trade Organization
World War 3.0 (Auletta)
World Wide Web
Xtandi
Yellen, Janet L.
Yes on 1240 Washington Coalition for Public Charter Schools
Zachmann, William
Zaidi, Anita
Zambia
Zevallos, Juan Carlos
Zuckerberg, Mark
Zyomyx
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
TIM SCHWAB is an investigative journalist based in Washington, DC. His groundbreaking reporting on the Gates Foundation for the Nation, Columbia Journalism Review, and the BMJ has been honored with an Izzy Award and a Deadline Club Award. The Bill Gates Problem is his first book. You can sign up for email updates here.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Prologue
Introduction
1. Lives Saved
2. Women
3. Taxes
4. Fail Fast
5. Transparency
6. Lobbying
7. Family Planning
8. Journalism
9. Education
10. White Man’s Burden
11. Bloat
12. Science
13. Agriculture
14. India
15. Covid-19
Conclusion
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Author
Copyright
THE BILL GATES PROBLEM: RECKONING WITH THE MYTH OF THE GOOD BILLIONAIRE. Copyright © 2023 by Timothy W. Schwab. All rights reserved. For information, address Henry Holt and Co., 120 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10271.
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Cover design by Emily Mahar
Cover photograph © Amanda Friedman / Trunk Archive
Image in chapter 10: Bill and Melinda Gates, Jon R. Friedman, 2010, Oil and collage on canvas attached to wood panel. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; supported by a grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation and by the Marc Pachter Commissioning Fund.
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