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Michael Edwards opens a new debate with a searching scrutiny of the arguments for extending business principles into the worlds of civil society and social change. The generous super-rich want change. But can-do, know-how, quick-fix solutions won’t work in a world of systemic inequality
Social movements have changed the world. A lesson for the new philanthropy?
The test of social-justice philanthropy is for a foundation to live its principles from within
(in the FT) Don't use evaluation to outsource judgement.
The future of philanthropy is open-source peer-production to create new public assets
How a business-based philanthropy delivers social goods, from Bangladesh to South Africa
An interdependent world creates opportunity for civil society to force business to embrace social and legal progress
Michael Edwards's study of “philanthrocapitalism" is welcome. But markets and social enterprise can realise the potential of a new donor economy
If philanthrocapitalism can't bring change, what can social-justice foundations do? Gara La Marche responds to Michael Edwards
The urgent needs of global social progress are not best met by the largesse of the super-rich
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The idea that the targeted largesse of the super-rich can unlock the problems of global development and progress is a potent influence in the world of philanthropy, business and government. How valid is it?