Who has created more social value: the charity or the business?

By Martin Vogel

Carnegie funded hundreds of public libraries, like this one in Teddington

The Economist draws on the centenaries of two major institutions – the technology company IBM and the philanthropic Carnegie Corporation – to assess whether the commercial organisation or the charity has contributed more to society.

IBM wins. But only over the long run.

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