Warren Buffett Gives Billions to Gates Foundation was not only the top story of the week, but one of the top stories of the year. The fact that the one of the richest men in the world is giving away about all his money is not itself that impressive. After all, that is what people with money are supposed to do. What is impressive is that someone that driven-- someone that competitive-- is egoless enough to admit that the guy richer than him is better at giving away money. And thus with a stroke of a pen, Warren Buffett hands over thirty one billion dollars to the Gates Foundation. This wonderful act reminds me of the tenant of Jeffrey Sachs' recent book The End of Poverty-- ["we have the moral obligation to end death caused by poverty, for the first time in human history we now have the ability to end it, and within our lifetimes we will end it"]. ¶4:58 PM; digg