In the wake of his recent article “Think Tanks Have Defeated Democracy,” the economist and policy analyst talks to Michael E. Hartmann about populism and the role of tax-incentivized philanthropy in supporting think tanks, how best to consider reforming the nonprofit sector, and how artificial intelligence might radically reshape it.
With Michael E. Hartmann, the economist and policy analyst talks about his recent article “Think Tanks Have Defeated Democracy;” why the U.S. has so many think tanks; how that differs from other democracies; and what philanthropy, its own managerial elite, and the one it funds have done to civil society rightly understood and democracy in America.
The think-tank fellow and accounting professor discuss ways to think about any potential legal and regulatory reforms of donor-advised funds.
Steve Taylor urges local nonprofit leaders in Republican districts to let their representatives know about the supposed dangers of proposed nonprofit tax-law reforms. With the moral authority of the nonprofit sector now so diminished, policymakers may ask some reasonable questions of them.
37% of Democrats, 45% of independents, and 48% of Republicans support it, and 34% of Democrats, 29% of independents, and 30% of Republicans oppose it.
“[W]hy shouldn’t tax be collected before the money is given away?”
