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# Philanthropy
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/18374/
- Published: 2005-01-28T16:01:41.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:32:52.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:15

People giving money is great, but it is amazing how confused conversations become, one minute talking about financing mechanisms, then talking about the transnational control of its use, and then a US-style giving lottery…how best can we make sense of this.