Plutocracy part 26/10/2023 ![]() “his could be one of those rare moments in politics where we do have strange bedfellows,” she later notes. ![]() “There are a handful of conservative, but I think that’s right, I think big philanthropy tilts left. “If you took a look at the top 25 funders of public policy-again there, broadly construed-I think you can easily say that the majority of those funders are what I would call either kind of centrist, pragmatic funders or center-left or progressive,” she says. Goss acknowledges others’ critiques of establishment philanthropy and its effects. I think the question is, well, what’s the alternative?” “To me, it’s not a very controversial critique. “I’m one of those people who thinks that we’ve got way too much inequality in society and that income inequality translates increasingly to political inequality, and big philanthropy is implicated in this,” according to Goss. ![]() “I think there’s a consensus that this is really not healthy.” … I’m not talking about giving a hundred million dollars for scholarships or something like that, but” regarding “the more political or policy-oriented” giving. I don’t think there’s a lot of sympathy for big philanthropy. Is this bad? “Within the small, number of us who are studying philanthropy on the academic side, I think the answer,” she says, “is kind of a range from it’s mostly bad to truly awful. They’re seeding new organizations or sustaining existing organizations.” They are lobbying, within the extent of the law, they’re giving money. “They just have more resources and more access and more leverage. How do policy plutocrats go about trying to get their way? “Well, they’re doing it the same way as the rest of us,” Goss tells me. In the second part, we discuss how policy plutocrats actually go about trying to get their way, the effects of this plutocracy, critiques of it from both progressives and populist conservatives, and whether there could be some overlap in those critiques as philanthropy reforms might be proposed and considered in the future. In the first part, which is here, we talk about her career, and the level and nature of academic study and journalistic coverage of policy-oriented philanthropy. The almost 23-minute video below is the second of two parts of our discussion. Goss was kind enough to join me for a conversation last week. She is currently working on a book about philanthropy and democracy.īefore joining Duke, Goss taught American politics at Georgetown University, was a consultant to the Corporation for National & Community Service, and was a Chronicle of Philanthropy reporter. ![]() Barry in Interest Groups & Advocacy in 2018. On philanthropy in particular, among other things, Goss has written “Policy Plutocrats: How America’s Wealthy Seek to Influence Government” in the American Political Science Association’s PS: Political Science & Politics in 2016, and “Donors for democracy? Philanthropy and the challenges facing America in the twenty-first century” with Jeffrey M. Goss’ recent scholarship has focused on the role of the mega-wealthy in public-policy debates and policymaking, including through their philanthropy the evolution of gun-related advocacy during the past decade, about which she has authored, co-authored, or co-edited three books and gender and politics, including the pivotal role that American women’s groups have played in policy advocacy throughout history. She directs both the university’s Duke in DC program and the Sanford School’s Center for the Study of Philanthropy and Voluntarism. Kristin Goss is a professor of public policy and political science at Duke University‘s Sanford School of Public Policy. Hartmann about how policy plutocrats actually go about trying to get their way, the effects of this plutocracy, critiques of it from both progressives and populist conservatives, and whether there could be some overlap in those critiques as philanthropy reforms might be proposed and considered in the future. The professor of public policy and political science talks to Michael E.
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