The question in my mind when I started thinking about this special feature in Alliance, well over a year ago, was ‘Why does social justice always lose out?’ I first formulated it in that way following a conversation about venture philanthropy. I asked how likely it was that this model would produce funds for social justice causes and the answer I got was not a very positive one. ‘The radical nature is really more the way we’re doing it rather than the investment area,’ it was admitted.