19 Dec 2012

Should We Subsidize Giving?

by | Date: 19 Dec 2012 | posted in: From the Desk of David Morris, The Public Good | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Robert J. Shiller, Professor of Economics and Finance at Yale recently weighed in with his perspective on subsidizing charity with a New York Times column whose title clearly conveys his message: “Please Don’t Mess With the Charitable Deduction.” There is a case to be made for charitable deductions.  Regrettably, this isn’t it. Shiller offers three arguments. … Read More
22 Dec 2011

Occupy Giving

by | Date: 22 Dec 2011 | posted in: From the Desk of David Morris, The Public Good | 2 Facebooktwitterredditmail

This is the giving season and we Americans are prodigious givers.  Nearly two thirds of us donate to charities each year.  This year we will send more than $225 billion to charities.  More than a quarter of this giving will occur in December. Those are the bare facts.  But this year, when the stark divide between … Read More