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1. George Soros launches his Institute for New Economic Thinking, backed by a grant of $50 million:
   http://bit.ly/3wmmKl
2. The Purpose Prize announces its latest awards for social entrepreneurs aged 60 or above:
   http://bit.ly/M42RO
3. Google’s Sergey Brin gives $1million to the charity that helped his family escape from Russia, writes Stephanie Strom of the New York Times:
   http://bit.ly/RoiHM
4. Guinness announce a €2.5 million award for 25 social entrepreneurs in Ireland:
   http://bit.ly/16B181
5. The Brookings Institution, in a development working paper, asks whether philanthropic citizens behave like governments:
   http://bit.ly/3B4CXb

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