. >> randall lane: the public has a right to know who owns the world. >> rose: randall lane, the editorbusiness magazine "forbes," says billionaires like skoll have become so influential, he devoted an entire issue to philanthropy. >> lane: government is showing, you know, over the past couple decades that it can no longer solve the great problems of the day. now, these philanthropists who have incredible wealth, the problem-solving brainpower, and also the name and the influence to be able to open doors, are uniquely qualified right now to solve the huge problems. >> rose: but that does raise the question, do these billionaires have too much power? there's some people who say big philanthropy is not such a good idea, meaning that, somehow, you have enormous power and you're not elected, and that that may not be such a good idea to have people with enormous wealth to have so much influence. >> buffett: well, would they prefer dynastic wealth, pass it on? or would they prefer, you know, obscenely high living? there's a couple other ways to get rid of money, but i... i think it's better i