Philanthropy Under Fire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Philanthropy Under Fire write by Howard Husock. This book was released on 2013-09-03. Philanthropy Under Fire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In Philanthropy Under Fire, author Howard Husock defends the American tradition of independent philanthropy from significant political and intellectual challenges which threaten it today. Although the U.S. continues to be the most charitable nation in the world, serious efforts seek to discourage traditional, personal charitable giving by changing the tax code, and directing philanthropy toward causes chosen by government. Some voices seek to narrow the very definition of philanthropy to include only direct redistribution of income from rich to poor. In contrast, Mr. Husock broadly defends philanthropy’s causes—from the food pantry to the art museum to the university science lab—as both a source of effective new ideas and as a core aspect of democracy and liberty. In a new and original argument, he asserts that having broad impact does not require a marriage of philanthropy and government. Instead, he says, private programs growing out of the values held by their leaders—and imbued with those values—can have a wide impact through their influence on society’s norms. In this sense, the good that private philanthropy does for American society can far transcend the good that it does for its immediate recipients.
Foundations Under Fire
Foundations Under Fire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Foundations Under Fire write by Thomas C. Reeves. This book was released on 1970. Foundations Under Fire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Looking Good and Doing Good
Looking Good and Doing Good - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Looking Good and Doing Good write by Jerome L. Himmelstein. This book was released on 1997-05-22. Looking Good and Doing Good available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Political controversy is a lens through which the author examines corporate philanthropy. He explains why corporate philanthropy has become politicized, how corporations, respond to controversy about their donations, and what the conflicts tell us about corporate phlanthropy and corproate politics. Himmelstein argues that corporate giving sometimes becomes politicized because it is inherently a complex social and political act. Drawing on in-depth interviews with managers at fifty-five of the largest corporate giving programs in the U.S., Himmelstein shows that corporate giving often finds itself, as one manager put it, locked in a 'struggle between looking good and doing good.'"--Back cover.
Just Giving
Just Giving - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Just Giving write by Rob Reich. This book was released on 2020-05-05. Just Giving available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The troubling ethics and politics of philanthropy Is 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 think it to be but might also undermine democratic values. Big philanthropy is often an exercise of power, the conversion of private assets into public influence. And it is a form of power that is largely unaccountable and lavishly tax-advantaged. Philanthropy currently fails democracy, but Rob Reich argues that it can be redeemed. Just Giving investigates the ethical and political dimensions of philanthropy and considers how giving might better support democratic values and promote justice.
The Givers
The Givers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Givers write by David Callahan. This book was released on 2017. The Givers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An inside look at the secretive world of elite philanthropists--and how they're quietly wielding ever more power to shape American life in ways both good and bad. While media attention focuses on famous philanthropists such as Bill Gates and Charles Koch, thousands of donors are at work below the radar promoting a wide range of causes. David Callahan charts the rise of these new power players and the ways they are converting the fortunes of a second Gilded Age into influence. He shows how this elite works behind the scenes on education, the environment, science, LGBT rights, and many other issues--with deep impact on government policy. Above all, he shows that the influence of the Givers is only just beginning, as new waves of billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg turn to philanthropy. Based on extensive research and interviews with countless donors and policy experts, this is not a brief for or against the Givers, but a fascinating investigation of a power shift in American society that has implications for us all.
