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Independent analysis of and commentary about philanthropy and giving Co-edited by William A. Schambra, Daniel P. Schmidt, and Michael E. Hartmann

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Tocqueville, technology, and the Tittabawassee

William A. Schambra

As shown in and by Sanford, Mich., it’s often when massive devastation is visited on a population that it discovers its true character.

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4Jun2020

Understanding philanthropy within the American political order

William A. Schambra

Progressive philanthropy will be frustrated in its ultimate aim to achieve a fully just and equal society, because it is working against the grain of our order, in pursuit of an abstract, utopian goal.

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2Mar2020

The strained relationship between philanthropy and American democracy, and its causes

William A. Schambra

And where to look for rebuilding self-governance.

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6Sep2019
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