Why Your Shoes Won’t Save the World
While some charity is almost always better than no charity, your money can be more effectively donated beyond an activist brand.
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Selling Products for a Cause Might Hurt Corporations’ Bottom Line
Companies that market products as a way for consumers to improve the world through their purchases not only appear to give less than we expect, but they might actually be hurting their own sales.
Rich People + More Rich People = Less Giving
Charitable America Here’s another way the rich are different from you and me: they give proportionately less to…
Humanitarian Aid: Moving the Dialogue Toward Prevention
Studies of international aid back up the old expression that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
One Laptop Per Child Redux
Declared dead just two years ago, the plan to provide every child in the developing world with a computer shows signs of life.
Childhood Memories Provoke Charitable Behavior
New Harvard University research suggests childhood memories stimulate selflessness.
Jewish Americans Win Alms Race
New research finds Jewish-American families are more likely than those of other faiths to give to charities focusing on basic needs such as food and shelter.
The Geography of Giving
New research shows that when corporations relocate their headquarters to new cities, they bring with them millions of dollars in charitable contributions.
Letting Your Good Intentions Backfill My Budget
Researchers investigate whether that dollar of foreign aid just frees up money for the recipient to spend elsewhere.
Computer Error?
There appear to be cheaper, more effective ways to improve education in developing nations than the glitzy One Laptop per Child program.