Singer wants us to think about Gates differently: not as a man who gave $30 billion to charity, but rather as a man who still has $53 billion, none of which he’s giving to charity. What would we think of a man who has $53 billion2 and gives none of it away? We’d start with “What an ass,” and probably not move much beyond that. But is that fair to Gates? Given, you know, the $30 billion he did give to charity?3
