Why would Microsoft support Global Obligations ?
Microsoft, like many other major corporations, benefits from global capitalism. It is in Microsoft’ s interests for global capitalism to survive. For global capitalism to survive there must be a counter to the movement against globalisation, to provide a human face to globalisation. This human face cannot adequately be provided by one nation, or a group of nations, or the United Nations, or other international agencies such as the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund, which are controll by rich nations. The human face to globalisation can only be provided by a significant, global, comprehansive, integrated, non-government organisation which is financially viable and self sustaining, which distributes wealth and income, provides human rights services and thrives in a capitalist environment. Such an organisation would be Global Obligations The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, like foundations created by other wealthy philanthropists, has donated billions of dollars to charitbl
