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The Rich Versus The Rest?

‘Toward a New Social Contract’ is the theme of this year’s Global Philanthropy Forum, currently taking place in Washington, DC. But the real hand-to-hand fighting on the role that philanthropy plays in the rich’s responsibilities to society is being played out in Britain, where a government initiative to cut the tax subsidy to giving has […]

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Books of the Year, Part 2

2010 has been a good year for books touching on philanthrocapitalism. In no particular order, here is our second batch of favourites (not including our own “The Road From Ruin“). We will select five more of the best, highlight our worst books of the year and remind you of some must-read classics in later posts. […]

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Filling the fiscal hole

When governments start chopping back on public budgets, in an effort to get the national debt down to manageable proportions once the immediate economic crisis has passed, isn’t there a risk that it’s the innovative, risky projects that will be first to go? If so, who is going to fill the gap? That was the […]