Historian of philanthropy, Philly sports fan, devotee of the Pogues. Co-editor of @HistPhil, @Urbaninstitute researcher. Tweets rep no one's views but my own.
Jan 23, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
This is an illuminating, infuriating article that lifts the curtain to show how wealth managers help perpetuate billion $ dynasties by shielding fortunes from taxation. It underscores a frustrating fact abt the current philanthropy sector for me... newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…
There's plenty of talk about re-imagining capitalism, but there seems to be little energy, coordination, or imagination abt addressing issues of tax evasion & avoidance (w/ some exceptions like @PatrioticMills). Am I missing something? Or have progressive funders just given...
Feb 12, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Some preliminary thoughts on Gates' 2020 Annual Letter (FD: I’m a grantee) 1/x. gatesnot.es/38A9sSp?WT.mc_…
First, it exemplifies balance they’ve sought to strike last several yrs, in terms of public profile, in face of surging philnthrpy critique: some (mostly rhetorical, tho some substantive) concession to critique w/in broader effort to legitimate prerogatives of elite philanthropy.
