Tag: charity
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Why Rich People Don’t Care About You
Real Clear Science – Newton Blog: Why Rich People Don't Care About You Examine the income ladder of the United States, and you'll soon stumble upon a surprising fact: Rich people donate a smaller portion of their income to charity than poor people. In 2011, people in the bottom 20% donated 3.2 percent of their…
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Why Those Who Feel They Have Less Give More
PBS: Why Those Who Feel They Have Less Give More Dacher Keltner: We're starting to paint this really interesting picture of how wealth influences generosity. If you study at the societal level, who gives higher proportions of their income away to charity? Lower class people give more. And what's really interesting is we're finding that…
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Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong
A thought-provoking piece about how we think about charity. His characterization of Puritanism is way off, but most of his substantive points are important to consider.
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Rethinking Mission Trips – Bob Lupton
I first encountered Bob Lupton almost twenty-five years ago while in graduate school at Eastern University. Over the years, my appreciation for his insight into community/economic development has only grown. He has written two very important and engaging books that I recommend to everyone in recent years. First is his book, Compassion, Justice and the…
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Ladder of Charitable Giving – Maimonides
I've been reading Taking You Soul to Work by Paul Stevens. In Chapter Eleven, he presents the Ladder of Charitable Giving as articulated by the 12th Century Jewish mystic Maimonides. Nine hundred years later, too many of us have not learned from his important insights. Here is the ladder from the lowest to the highest…
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Isolated and Under-Exposed: Why the Rich Don’t Give
Atlantic Cities: Isolated and Under-Exposed: Why the Rich Don't Give … The study looked at tax returns for people with reported earnings of $50,000 or more from the year 2008 – the most recent year for which data was available. The report found that for people earning between $50,000 and $75,000, an average of 7.6…
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What’s Better For Helping The Poor — Greed Or Charity?
NPR: What's Better For Helping The Poor — Greed Or Charity? Listen to the podcast here. Say you want to make loans to millions of poor women in the developing world, to help them climb out of poverty. Is it OK to raise money from rich investors, who expect to make a profit? Muhammad Yunus,…
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Billionaires Bill Gates, Warren Buffett want other billionaires to donate more to charity
Christian Science Monitor: Billionaires Bill Gates, Warren Buffett want other billionaires to donate more to charity Billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffett want other American billionaires to give at least half their wealth to charity. Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates and billionaire investor Warren Buffett are launching a campaign to get other American billionaires to…