This is a brilliant and thorough investigation of the ways in which the super-rich have appropriated the world of charitable giving as a means of feeling good about themselves, while further controlling society's options, by providing privately funded solutions and ways of thinking about social problems that never allow for real challenges to the underlying social order that benefits the wealthy.
The author advocates for a more fair distribution of wealth, and emphasizes the importance of having representative democratic governments rather than self-appointed wealthy foundations decide how we should solve problems of poverty, climate change, disease and other major challenges to modern society.
This is a perfect companion piece to Jane Mayer’s Dark Money, previously reviewed, in showing how even the "benevolent" and "generous" sides of plutocracy ultimately manipulate and distort policy, and serve the interests of the super-rich at the expense of everyone else. Highly recommended.
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