Why philanthropy isn’t the answer (with Anand Giridharadas)
Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
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What's the Biggest Problem of Homelessness?
Iena Soliok: My book sent shock waves through the community of people who give a shipton of money away, let somebody like me say we should be thinking differently about this. I mean, i think of the 50 largest foundations in the country, 75 % of them have education as one of their top priorities. Zero of them are working on wages. If i give a million dollars to my kids fancy private school, i get to deduct that from my taxes. if i give amillion dollars to a minimum wage campaign, i can't. Therein lies the problem, righti we have it. It's the whole thing is upside down.
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