Minisode 43: The Dark Side of Philanthropy

This minisode is a continuation of last week’s episode, the Crédit Mobilier Scandal.TUX chats the legacy of Robber Barons and the rise of modern philanthropy.
The problem with philanthropy 
The problems with philanthropy | Stanford News 
What robber barons gave us — after they took from us | The World from PRX 
Is Philanthropy Bad for Democracy? - The Atlantic 
"Impossible to Justify." A Political Scientist Takes on American Philanthropy 
A brief history of billionaire philanthropists and the people who hate them | The Week 
America's Top Givers 2022: The 25 Most Philanthropic Billionaires 

ALSO MENTIONED: The Gilded Age, Downton Abbey, Mainers, Nouveau Riche, Henry Ford, microchips, union busting, child poverty, wage theft, MLK’s piping hot tea, Department of War, Shared History podcast, TurboTax, dicks in space, Dolly Parton, Ozark, and the Trump Foundation.

For more information about Charitable Giving:
Just Giving: Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better 

That time Trump paid 7$ of his foundation's money to the Boy Scouts:
Did Trump Once Pay His Son's Boy Scout Registration Fee With Charity Money?

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