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Just Giving

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

Just Giving

By Rob Reich

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About the book

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 think it to be but might also undermine democratic values and set back aspirations of justice. Big philanthropy is often an exercise of power, the conversion of private assets into public influence. And it is a form o...Show more

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9780691183497

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published year

2018

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1

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Just Giving

Format

Hardcover

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