Faith Tempered by Reality
GOD’S ECONOMY: Faith-Based Initiatives and the Caring State by Lew Daly
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How the Danes Do It
How much inequality there is in a society depends on how inheritable the wealth is, which in turn depends on the kind of wealth that it is.
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Inequality Makes Us Anxious
THE SPIRIT LEVEL: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger by Richard Wilkinson & Kate Pickett
Sell the Wind
What are social marketers to do when their target audience couldn’t care less about the change they want to make? Here's how one group got everyday people to care about alternative energy.
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Making Founder Successions Work
Nonprofits benefit when they carefully plan an extended role for founders who step down. Open access to this article is made possible by The Bridgespan Group.
A Failure of Philanthropy
From the archives: American charity shortchanges the poor, and public policy is partly to blame.
Circles of Change
Lending circles, self-help groups, and study circles are among the oldest and most effective tools for creating personal and social change.
Offsetting Green Guilt
Voluntary carbon offsets allow people to invest in projects that allegedly counteract their greenhouse gas emissions. But can voluntary offsets help slow global warming? Or are offsets a way for consumers to buy their way out of bad feelings?
Reconnecting Youth in America’s Cities
A new report examines the relationship between place and race, and disconnected youth in the United States.