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The greater good : how philanthropy drives the American economy and can save capitalism

Includes information on African Americans, Buddhism/Buddhists, capitalism, children, citizen generosity, community foundations, democracy, economic growth, education, European Americans, founding fathers generosity, government funding, home ownership, human capital, immigrants/immigration, National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Native Americans, physical capital, the poor, quality of life, Scholarship America, scholarships, social health, social problems, taxes, Teach for America, United Negro College Fund, United Way, upward mobility, volunteering, wealth, well-being, women, etc
Print Book, English, 2003
Times Books/Henry Holt, New York, 2003
288 pages ; 22 cm
9780805071962, 9780805076929, 0805071962, 0805076921
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Introduction: how philanthropy saves American capitalism
Democracy, capitalism, and generosity: the fragile balance
Making the most of people through education: human capital, part one
Making the most of people through education: human capital, part two
Expanding the built environment: physical capital
Advancing new ideas: intellectual capital
Generosity and the future of democratic capitalism
The challenge of America's wealth and the coming wealth transfer
The challenge of diversity
Dangerous donations
Working solutions
A philanthropic revolution