Self interested foundations

David Leonhardt, “Economic Scene” columnist, looks at this question in this Sunday’s “Money” issue of the New York Times Magazine. Online here. As Leonhardt looks at social science research on this question, particularly that done by economists, he asks: “To put it bluntly, is charitable giving a high-minded form of consumption?” That is a question [...]

Self interested foundations

David Leonhardt, “Economic Scene” columnist, looks at this question in this Sunday’s “Money” issue of the New York Times Magazine. Online here. As Leonhardt looks at social science research on this question, particularly that done by economists, he asks: “To put it bluntly, is charitable giving a high-minded form of consumption?” That is a question [...]

Giving – sex, drug and Robin Hood

Lots of coverage for the study that showed giving hits the brain with hormones similar to those that are activated by sex and food. The folks at xigi added drugs to that list. A new study says its actually the human impulse for egalitarian behavior – we want to take from the rich and redistribute [...]