Bill Gates and Wal-Mart Want to Save the World

Salon.com - January 20, 2008 Format for printing

In a bizarre manifestation of über-capitalist harmonic convergence, on the same morning that the press was hyping Bill Gates' criticism of capitalism, the New York Times reported that Wal-Mart's CEO, Lee Scott, gave a speech on Wednesday declaring that the world's biggest retail chain was determined to drastically change the world for the better, by simultaneously solving the world's energy, healthcare and environmental crises.