Anne-Emanuelle Birn: The politics of giving

Why should self-anointed philanthropic elites, who already exercise inordinate power, have carte blanche to steer public policy?

If philanthropy indeed poses a grave threat to egalitarian values, Callahan's prescription may amount to tinkering at the margins.

Anne-Emanuelle Birn has reviewed David Callahan's book The Givers: Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age in Nature. Read the book review here.

Philanthrocapitalism is one of the issues that the Independent Panel on Global Governance for Health is currently looking at. Read more about it here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Published Apr. 7, 2017 8:00 PM - Last modified July 3, 2021 2:29 AM