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Matthew Bishop

Matthew is an editorial consultant to Driving Change. An award-winning journalist, Matthew is an internationally recognized expert on the trends and innovations shaping global business, finance and politics, particularly the role of public policy and philanthropy. A graduate of the University of Oxford, Matthew is a former member of the faculty of London Business School. He is best known for his work on "philanthrocapitalism", a word he coined in The Economist to describe how businesses and philanthropists can make a big positive difference in the world. Matthew was a writer and editor at The Economist for over 25 years, including a decade as the magazine's New York Bureau Chief. He then led the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center. Matthew has authored several books, including Philanthrocapitalism: How Giving Can Save the World, and The Road from Ruin: A New Capitalism for a Big Society. He co-founded the Social Progress Index, an increasingly influential new measure of how well a society serves its citizens, and the #GivingTuesday movement, which harnesses social media to celebrate giving and drive more effective charity. He launched the 17 Rooms partnership between the Rockefeller Foundation and the Brookings Institution and is a co-funder of the Catalyst 2030 network of proven social entrepreneurs. Matthew was honored by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader and was the official report author of the G8 Taskforce on Impact Investing.

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Well-Being
Our pick of Books Driving Change

Our pick of Books Driving Change

We launched our latest podcast series, Books Driving Change, as the summer began. The series is hosted by Matthew Bishop, a former Economist journalist turned social entrepreneur and the author of several books, who talks

Governance
Books Driving Change: Gillian Tett and Anthro-Vision

Books Driving Change: Gillian Tett and Anthro-Vision

It pays to embrace strange, not run away or deride it. And to ask questions and be curious about how other people live. If we'd had that mentality at the beginning of COVID-19, it could

Podcasts
Books Driving Change: Adam Grant and Think Again

Books Driving Change: Adam Grant and Think Again

If you change your mind because you're telling people what they want to hear, and you're trying to curry favor or get the approval of your constituents, you're doing that for purely political reasons. And

Podcasts
Books Driving Change: Noreena Hertz and The Lonely Century

Books Driving Change: Noreena Hertz and The Lonely Century

“Loneliness thrives in an ecosystem that its drivers are structural, and political, and economic, as well as to do with choices we make as individuals, and therefore that its solutions need to be comprehensive. That

Podcasts
Books Driving Change: Enric Sala and the Nature of Nature

Books Driving Change: Enric Sala and the Nature of Nature

"And the second thing that really gives me hope is that I have seen what happens when we give some space to nature. I have seen nature bounce back, mostly in the ocean. And the

Governance
Books Driving Change: Jacqueline Novogratz’s Manifesto

Books Driving Change: Jacqueline Novogratz’s Manifesto

So, this book, if you will, is a handbook of sorts for anybody who sees themselves as someone who wants to create change and solve problems, whether at a micro community level, an organization level

Governance
Books Driving Change: Meighan Stone and Awakening

Books Driving Change: Meighan Stone and Awakening

Show me the social movement where there was no backlash. I’ll wait for an answer because there is none. There is not an example of a social movement that didn’t trigger backlash. Because these things

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