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The New Gilded Age

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Philanthropy - John D Rockefeller's Senior

joanne barkin: The era of modern philanthropy begins with names like john d. Rockefeller's senior. She says the first dollar ever made, he saved ten cents so that he could donate it to charity. Early philanthropists were interested in just handing out money to alleviate suffring. They wanted to investigate what was causing certain kinds of problems and find a cure for them.

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