Just giving : why philanthropy is failing democracy and how it can do better / Rob Reich.
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.
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| Language: | English |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
[2018]
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 239 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Format: | Book |
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.