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Book

Just giving : why philanthropy is failing democracy and how it can do better

Author

Rob Reich

Call Number

  • 361.7 R347 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]

Physical Description

xiv, 239 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Summary

Asks what attitude and what policies democracies should have concerning individuals who give money away for public purposes; and argues that the aims of mass giving should be the decentralization of power in the production of public goods, such as the arts, education, and science.

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Philanthropy as an artifact of the state : institutional forms of philanthropy
  • Philanthropy and its uneasy realtionship to equality
  • A political theory of philanthropy
  • Repugnant to the whole idea of a democratic society? : on the role of foundations
  • Philanthropy in time : future generations and intergenerational justice
  • Conclusion.

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