November 27, 2015 Oleg Komlik BITS & BRIEFS: The myth of philanthropy // Global expellers by Saskia Sassen // Welfare encourages work // Hedge funds vs. student debt Shattering the myth of philanthropy: the wealthiest donate 1.3% of their income to charity, while the poorest 3.2% Saskia Sassen on Global expellers: Urban takeover by corporations has deep impacts for equity, democracy & rights Economists tested 9 welfare programs to see if they made people lazy. They didn’t. Actually they encourage work Hedge Funds “smell blood” in the Student Debt market, making short bets on companies involved with student loans *** Join the Economic Sociology and Political Economy community through Facebook / Twitter / LinkedIn / Google+ / Reddit / Tumblr Discover more from Economic Sociology & Political Economy Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. Type your email… Subscribe Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window) Pocket Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon Click to share on Nextdoor (Opens in new window) Nextdoor Like Loading... Related