Just Giving : : Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better / / Rob Reich.
The troubling ethics and politics of philanthropyIs philanthropy, by its very nature, a threat to today's democracy? Though we may laud wealthy individuals who give away their money for society's benefit, Just Giving shows how such generosity not only isn't the unassailable good we th...
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