
The Givers
Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age
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Narrated by:
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Ryan Gesell
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By:
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David Callahan
An inside look at the secretive world of elite philanthropists - and how they're quietly wielding ever more power to shape American life in ways both good and bad.
While media attention focuses on famous philanthropists such as Bill Gates and Charles Koch, thousands of donors are at work below the radar promoting a wide range of causes. David Callahan charts the rise of these new power players and the ways they are converting the fortunes of a second Gilded Age into influence. He shows how this elite works behind the scenes on education, the environment, science, LGBT rights, and many other issues - with deep impact on government policy. Above all, he shows that the influence of the Givers is only beginning, as new waves of billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg turn to philanthropy. Based on extensive research and interviews with countless donors and policy experts, this is not a brief for or against the Givers but a fascinating investigation of a power shift in American society that has implications for us all.
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insightful
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Great Book About Enormous Power of Philanthropy
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Read this and learn, think, reflect on philanthropy
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At the heart of the great inequalities lies the difference between what the lowest worker earns and what the highest workers earn. The highest workers in some companies earn tens of thousands times the lowest workers in the very same company . When five people in the United States have as much wealth as the bottom 45% of this country, a perfect recipe for great social discord and unrest is generated. This disparity brings hunger, pain, suffering, crime, distrust and a sense of hopelessness in 99% of Americans. When you don't have the wealth and financial reserves two create a prosperous home life for your family, this leads to desperation in the family which in turn leads to nowhere good for the entire Society.
being charitable isn't as easy as you would think
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I should have listened to a sample!
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The author claims that they want to educate on the power of philanthropists and how it could be concerning but it's actually just that philanthropy being used for things they like are good and when used for things they don't, it's bad. This undermined their credibility to the point that I couldn't continue listening.
Political lecture
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