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George Soros on the new world disorder
His enemies paint him as all-powerful, but the billionaire philanthropist believes his political legacy has never been in greater jeopardy.
- Michael Steinberger
- Brisbane Times *
On a clammy Tuesday morning in Paris at the end of May, George Soros, the world’s second-most-vilified New York billionaire (but worth many billions more than the other one), is addressing the European Council on Foreign Relations, an organisation he helped found a…
Described by the woman who introduces him as a “European at heart”, the Hungarian-born Soros, who made his fortune running a hedge fund and is now a full-time philanthropist, political activist and…