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No Such Thing as a Free Gift: The Gates Foundation and the Price of Philanthropy
Linsey McGoey
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Paperback. Philanthro-capitalism: Is it always a good thing when the super rich give their money away? Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSN1; JPSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 328.
The charitable sector is one of the fastest-growing industries in the global economy. Nearly half of the more than 85,000 private foundations in the United States have come into being since the year 2000. Just under 5,000 more were established in 2011 alone. 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 ... Read more
The charitable sector is one of the fastest-growing industries in the global economy. Nearly half of the more than 85,000 private foundations in the United States have come into being since the year 2000. Just under 5,000 more were established in 2011 alone. 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
328g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784786236
SKU
V9781784786236
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About Linsey McGoey
Linsey McGoey is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Essex. She has been a member of the World Health Organization's expert steering group on the impact of a human rights-based approach to maternal and children's health. She has published reviews and op-eds for the Guardian, Spectator, Globe and Mail and Open Democracy.
Reviews for No Such Thing as a Free Gift: The Gates Foundation and the Price of Philanthropy
The charitable model represented by the Gates Foundation is failing to address the root causes of inequality and ecological crisis. This path-breaking book is a sorely needed, historically grounded investigation into the difference between philanthropy and justice.
Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything and The Shock Doctrine Fierce . provocatively examines the power imbalances and ambiguities of charitable ... Read more
Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything and The Shock Doctrine Fierce . provocatively examines the power imbalances and ambiguities of charitable ... Read more