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The downside of doing good with a market mindset

  • Written by David Campbell, Associate Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Michael Bloomberg gave Johns Hopkins $1.8 billion in 2018.AP Photo/Patrick Semansky

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