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Rationally Speaking #221 - Rob Reich on "Is philanthropy bad for democracy?"

Rationally Speaking #221 - Rob Reich on "Is philanthropy bad for democracy?"

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Rationally Speaking #221 - Rob Reich on "Is philanthropy bad for democracy?"

FromRationally Speaking Podcast

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Length:
47 minutes
Released:
Nov 13, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This episode features political scientist Rob Reich, author of "Just Giving: Why Philanthropy is Failing Democracy, and How it Can Do Better". Rob and Julia debate his criticisms of philanthropy: Does it deserve to be tax-deductible? Is it a violation of the autonomy of recipients to attach strings to their charitable gifts? And do philanthropists have too much power in society?
Released:
Nov 13, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

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Rationally Speaking is the bi-weekly podcast of New York City Skeptics. Join host Julia Galef and guests as they explore the borderlands between reason and nonsense, likely from unlikely, and science from pseudoscience. Any topic is fair game as long as we can bring reason to bear upon it, with both a skeptical eye and a good dose of humor! We agree with the Marquis de Condorcet, who said that in an open society we ought to devote ourselves to "the tracking down of prejudices in the hiding places where priests, the schools, the government, and all long-established institutions had gathered and protected them."Rationally Speaking was co-created with Massimo Pigliucci, is produced by Benny Pollak, and is recorded in the heart of New York City's Greenwich Village.