Bill Ackman agrees with Jeff Bezos: the best way to help the world is to build something that works
Bill Ackman has spent close to $1 billion on philanthropy over two decades and concluded that capitalism is better at solving problems. “I’ve spent a fair amount of time on philanthropy, and it’s vastly less efficient at solving problems than capitalism,” the Pershing Square founder told Fortune. “You create far more jobs through capitalism than […] This story continues at The Next Web
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Published: 7 August 2026
Source: The Next Web AI
Category: News
Topics: Regulation · Jobs & economy
Retrieved: 9 August 2026
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