The power of philanthropists to shape economic and fiscal policy. Just heard about this book,
and I just put in a request for purchase at my local library for it.
How Top Philanthropists Wield Power Through Their Donations
Wealth Matters
By PAUL SULLIVAN APRIL 14, 2017
Big philanthropic donations garner big attention. And any criticism of them often comes long after the ribbon-cutting, and even then it can seem churlish. These megadonors are giving money to benefit the public good that they could be spending on jets, estates and club memberships — or in most cases, more of the above.
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David Callahan, author of “The Givers: Money, Power and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age,” published this week by Knopf, sees both sides of the story, with a healthy dose of skepticism. His interest from the first pages is to examine “the power of philanthropists to shape America.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/14/your-money/wealth-matters-philanthropy-david-callahan.html?_r=0
