Why Philanthropy Matters (eBook)

How the Wealthy Give, and What It Means for Our Economic Well-Being

Zoltan Acs (Autor)

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2013
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-4681-8 (ISBN)

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Zoltan J. Acs is University Professor and director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Public Policy in the School of Public Policy at George Mason University. He is the coauthor of Entrepreneurship, Geography, and American Economic Growth.

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The hidden role of philanthropy in enriching America's prosperity-and the world'sPhilanthropy has long been a distinctive feature of American culture, but its crucial role in the economic well-being of the nation-and the world-has remained largely unexplored. Why Philanthropy Matters takes an in-depth look at philanthropy as an underappreciated force in capitalism, measures its critical influence on the free-market system, and demonstrates how American philanthropy could serve as a model for the productive reinvestment of wealth in other countries. Factoring in philanthropic cycles that help balance the economy, Zoltan Acs offers a richer picture of capitalism, and a more accurate backdrop for considering policies that would promote the capitalist system for the good of all.Examining the dynamics of American-style capitalism since the eighteenth century, Acs argues that philanthropy achieves three critical outcomes. It deals with the question of what to do with wealth-keep it, tax it, or give it away. It complements government in creating public goods. And, by focusing on education, science, and medicine, philanthropy has a positive effect on economic growth and productivity. Acs describes how individuals such as Benjamin Franklin, Andrew Carnegie, Bill Gates, and Oprah Winfrey have used their wealth to establish institutions and promote knowledge, and Acs shows how philanthropy has given an edge to capitalism by promoting vital forces-like university research-necessary for technological innovation, economic equality, and economic security. Philanthropy also serves as a guide for countries with less flexible capitalist institutions, and Acs makes the case for a larger, global philanthropic culture.Providing a new perspective on the development of capitalism, Why Philanthropy Matters highlights philanthropy's critical links to the economic progress, health, and future of the United States-and beyond.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.2.2013
• Zusatzinfo: 4 line illus.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
• Schlagworte: Agriculture • American capitalism • american economy • American Exceptionalism • American philanthropy • americans • American-style capitalism • andrew carnegie • aristocracy • associations • Betterment • Big Business • Bill &amp • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation • billionaire • Britain • Brookings Institution • Budget • bureaucrat • business magnate • Capitalism • Charity • class structure • Competition • Consumption Tax • Corporatism • cowboy capitalism • Creative Destruction • David B. Audretsch • developed country • East Asia • ebay • economic equality • economic freedom • Economic Growth • Economic Inequality • Economic opportunity • Economic Security • economist • economy • Economy of the United States • Education • Employment • entrepreneurial economy • Entrepreneurship • Equal Opportunity • Estate tax • Estate tax in the United States • European Union • Externality • Ezra Cornell • Financial Crisis • financier • Ford Foundation • Foundations • Funding • Generosity • Gilded Age • Gilded Age economy • Giving Pledge • Globalization • High Tech • income • income inequality • individual freedom • Industries • Inequalities • Information Revolution • Information Technology • Innovation • Institution • Intel • Investor • john d. rockefeller • John Maynard Keynes • johns hopkins • Joseph Stiglitz • Knowledge Economy • land-grant university • Leland Stanford • liberal democracy • Make a Difference • managerial economy • Manufacturing • Markets • Mark Zuckerberg • Mass production • Melinda Gates Foundation • Middle-class values • National Science Foundation • newspaper • Opportunity • opportunity creation • organization • Organization development • pension fund • Personal Consumption • Philanthropists • philanthropy • Pierre Omidyar • Political Party • Politician • Politics • Private equity firm • private sector • private university • Productivity • Prosperity • public goods • Public Policy • research universities • Retail • Robert Frank • Rockefeller Foundation • Scholarship • Self-reliance • Social Class • Social Science • Stanford University • startup company • Steve Jobs • Stock Market • Tax • Technological Innovation • Technology • Technology Transfer • Telecommunication • the American experiment • The Gospel of Wealth • The Wealth of Nations • Unemployment • Universities • Venture Capital • volunteerism • Warren Buffett • Wealth • Wealth Creation • welfare • Welfare State • western frontier • Workforce • World Economy • xerox • Yale University
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-4681-1 / 1400846811
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-4681-8 / 9781400846818