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The greater good : how philanthropy drives the American economy and can save capitalism / Claire Gaudiani.
- Title
- The greater good : how philanthropy drives the American economy and can save capitalism / Claire Gaudiani.
- Author
- Gaudiani, Claire.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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- Gaudiani, Claire.
- Description
- 288 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "In The Greater Good, Claire Gaudiani, one of the nations's leading voices for community development, focuses our attention squarely on the money trail of the American dream. It's not that Americans have been generous because we're rich, she argues; we're rich because we have been generous. Philanthropists invest in people, property, and ideas long before businesses or the government come into the picture, and they play a crucial role in sustaining the fragile balance between capitalism and democracy." "Gaudiani shows how early donors to such initiatives as scholarship funds, prison reform, museums, and medical studies started economic and social ripple effects by infusing capital in the very areas economists associate with accelerating economic growth: human, physical, and intellectual capital. A new commitment to entrepreneurial philanthropy, she argues, can play a similar role in the years to come if Americans are savvy enough to spur cutting-edge technologies and asset-building for the poor - not through loans or tax breaks, but through gifts."--BOOK JACKET.
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- ISBN
- 0805071962
- LCCN
- 2003050702
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries