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Downsides to Philanthropy: The Way We Think About Charity Is Dead Wrong

November 5, 2020 Steve Mayer

There are downsides to philanthropy as well as its well-publicized upsides. Philanthropy has a Jekyll and Hyde approach to benefiting communities and society: talking big but releasing only a trickle of cash on terrible terms […]

Would “Pay For Performance” Be Good In The Social Services?

November 21, 2019 Steve Mayer

Pay for performance in the social services may sound good in principle, but there are many reasons to be skeptical. There is a certain allure in the many kinds of legislative proposals that link pay […]