Governments have three basic alternatives for dealing with private philanthropy: they can constrain it, protect it, or promote it. Tracing the philosophical roots of each approach is a worthwhile exercise that few contemporary thinkers have attempted.
From Hobbes to Hayek
Perspectives on Civil Society and Philanthropy
By Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill
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article
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the Spring 2019 issue of The Independent Review.
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