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Should the giving styles of the rich and famous alarm us all?

  • Written by Leslie Lenkowsky, Senior Counsellor and Professor Emeritus of Practice in Philanthropic Studies, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
imageTech billionaire Sean Parker and his wife Alexandra Lenas Parker are among today's youngest and most ambitious donors.Rich Fury/Invision/AP Photo

In 1890, pioneer photojournalist Jacob Riis published a book, “How the Other Half Lives,” portraying the squalid lifestyles of the immigrant groups flooding into the slums of New York City. In...

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