These articles were published in The Economist survey of wealth and philanthropy (25 February 2006).

Virtue's intermediaries
A host of new businesses is trying to make the philanthropic market work better.

The business of giving
Philanthropy is flourishing as the number of super-rich people keeps growing. But the new donors are becoming much more businesslike about the way their money is used, says Matthew Bishop.

To have, not to hold
The rise of the new philanthropist.

The birth of philanthrocapitalism
The leading new philanthropists see themselves as social investors.

The good company
Is corporate philanthropy worthwhile?

The rise of the social entrepreneur
Whatever he may be.

Faith, hope and philanthropy
What the new breed of donors can do — and what it can't.

© The Economist Newspaper Limited, London (February 25th 2006)

 

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