Monthly Archives: November 2017

How to optimize America’s charitable giving

Focus on a relatively small number of individuals: the CEOs announcing matching-giving campaigns, the TV executives running telethons, the celebrities tweeting out links to donate, the people who decide which disaster-relief charities pop up on ATM screens when you try … Continue reading

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It’s fine if the charitable sector shrinks a little

Nothing that Congress has done to date seems to have harmed the charitable sector in the slightest.

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The Splendid Food Edition

Slate Money on restaurant buzz, vegetarianism, and cookbooks.

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On helping

This is something which has largely been missed in the conversation about disaster relief generally and about cash transfers in particular: how you do it matters, a lot.

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The Protection Money Edition

Slate Money on the sale of a da Vinci, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and Zimbabwe.

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Nota bene #10

Notes on $450,312,500

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Nota bene #9

On giving big jobs to unexpected candidates

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The Well-Endowed Edition

Slate Money on Saudi Arabia, Wilbur Ross, and endowments.

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The Powell’s Books Edition

Slate Money on Republican tax plans, the opioid crisis, and Jay Powell.

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The Berserk Battle Over the Berkshire Museum and Its Art Collection

This week, the state’s attorney general called for a temporary restraining order to block Sotheby’s from selling works from the museum’s collection.

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