Book Reviews Reviews of new and notable titles

Grantmaking as Governance

Reviewed By Benjamin Soskis

Claire Dunning’s Nonprofit Neighborhoods examines how the US government funded the growth of—and delegated governance to—the nonprofit sector.

Summer 2022

When Scaling Goes Wrong

Reviewed By Jeff Spross

John List’s The Voltage Effect offers advice for companies looking to hit it big, but does the endless pursuit of scale produce more harm than good?

Spring 2022

Parrying Philanthropy’s Critics

Reviewed By Benjamin Soskis

Beth Breeze’s In Defence of Philanthropy offers a passionate rebuttal to criticisms of giving that have dominated public discourse.

Spring 2022

Justice Without Violence

Reviewed By Aida Mariam Davis

Arguing that police reform is impossible, Derecka Purnell charts an alternative path to building safer communities and a more just world.

Winter 2022

Getting to Zero

Reviewed By Auden Schendler

Authors Michael Lenox and Rebecca Duff call for disruptive innovations and radical reconfiguration of industries to decarbonize the planet by 2050.

Winter 2022