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Billionaires Pledge Huge Sums To Combat Coronavirus Pandemic

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Some of the world's richest people are pledging huge sums of money to help combat the coronavirus pandemic.

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey said last week he would donate $1 billion to “fund global COVID-19 relief." Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook have also promised hundreds of millions of dollars in charitable donations to coronavirus-related causes.

And while that help may be welcome in the midst of a global crisis, it also raises questions about the tradeoffs we make when we depend on billionaires to save us.

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson speaks with Teddy Schleifer (@teddyschleifer), senior reporter at Recode.

This segment aired on April 14, 2020.

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