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Alec Hogg: What should funders’ parents do about Academia’s left turn
BizNews founder Alec Hogg shares his rational perspective on academia's left turn, as well as the Bill and Melinda Gates divorce.
- Headlines this morning belong to last night's news from the US's west coast that the world's fourth richest man, Bill Gates, is to divorce his wife of 27 years, Melinda. You'll find his morning's Wall Street Journal's story below.
- Top read opinion piece in today's is by John Ellis, prof emeritus at University of California in Santa Cruz. It addresses how academia has adopted a different purpose to the one society gave it – and what society should do about this radical divergence. I first came across this line of thinking when listening to Dave Rubin interviewing British historian, academic and author Niall Ferguson. Helen Zille focuses on a similar theme in much of the conversation we had during our discussion last week – click here.
- On the BizNews Power Hour (BPH) last night Justin Rowe-Roberts explained that after listening to four hours of the Berkshire AGM with Warren and Charlie (we ran some highlights) he reckoned Greg Abel would succeed Buffett as CEO at the $650bn company. This morning Berkshire itself confirmed Justin's gut feel. Click here for the WSJ story. If you're stuggling to access our US partner's website, please read the blue box below which has all the info you need about a benefit worth $29 a month which comes as part of your BizNews Premium subscription.
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