Had word that people have started receiving the pre-order of my new book, which is exciting! (Out properly on March 28th):

https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/what-is-philanthropy-for

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If you're looking for a long read this weekend, FYI I wrote a thing about philanthropy & population debates.

Looking at some problematic corners of philanthropic history & why they have lessons for today as these issues come to the fore again.

https://whyphilanthropymatters.com/article/lost-in-the-crowd-philanthropy-population-debates-the-shadow-of-eugenics/

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Well this is fascinating- the Church of England acknowledges that it historically profited from investment in the transatlantic slave trade & launches a new £100m fund focused (at least in part) on making reparations .

I wonder what sort of precedent this might set for others...?

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https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/church-commissioners-pledges-100m-to-atone-for-links-to-chattel-slavery.html

Writing a thing about the potential impact of ChatGPT on philanthropy so have been mucking around <ahem>... I mean, "experimenting", with it some more.

This is what it came up with when I asked it to write a rap about John D Rockefeller's battle with the Walsh Commission in 1915 in the style of "Hamilton".

Solid C+ effort, I'd say:

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Decidedly grim, but accurate, reading in this Guardian article about the current state of the UK charity sector and the implications for provision of welfare services.

The point about our level of reliance on charities as a result of how much responsibility has been shifted from the state in recent decades is key.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/26/the-guardian-view-on-charities-and-the-cost-of-living-crisis-overwhelming-needs

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If you want another fun history of philanthropy-related Xmas nugget, then check out this declassified 1970 internal CIA memo, detailing a proposal for a Christmas Gift Programme.

Some brilliantly no-nonsense charity from these G-Men.

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Pitch: A Christmas Carol, but Scrooge is visited by a Longtermist Ghost of Christmas Far Future, who tells him Tiny Tim and everyone else he knows is going to die anyway, so he should just keep making money through usury & give it to effective charities that can prevent harm to trillions of possible future urchins in a pan-galactic mega-civilisation instead.

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