I like the “if I ran the world” game, it has wiled away many an hour with friends as we ponder what we’d do if we had lots of money and/or power to change the way the world works. What follows are what I would do if I had a budget of, say, $1 billion and lots of political connections (which the $1B would surely secure for me!).
Here is what I would do if I were a billionaire, had $1 billion in a foundation to give away (in addition to the principal), in the Portland classical music scene: I’d…