No Such Thing as a Free Gift McGoey Linsey
No Such Thing as a Free Gift McGoey Linsey Philanthro-capitalism: How charity became big businessThe charitable sector is one of the fastest-growing industries in the global economy. Just under 5,000…
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No Such Thing as a Free Gift McGoey Linsey
Philanthro-capitalism: How charity became big businessThe charitable sector is one of the fastest-growing industries in the global economy. Just under 5,000 more were established in 2011 alone. Nearly half of the more than 85,000 private foundations in the United States have come into being since the year 2000.
As large charitable organizations replace governments as the providers of social welfare, their largesse becomes suspect. This deluge of philanthropy has helped create a world where billionaires wield more power over education policy, global agriculture, and global health than ever before.In No Such Thing as a Free Gift, author and academic Linsey McGoey puts this new golden age of philanthropy under the microscope--paying particular attention to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The businesses fronting the money often create the very economic