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Dec
25
2009

‘Selfish’ Giving: Does It Count If You Get In Return?

by TOVIA SMITH | NPR | December 22, 2009
It’s been taught to generations that “it is more blessed to give than to receive.” But how blessed is it when you give in order to receive?
This time of year, charity is everywhere: Starbucks is helping to fight AIDS in Africa. Macy’s is giving to the Make [...]

Dec
9
2009

Nicholas Kristof’s Advice for Saving the World

What would happen if aid organizations and other philanthropists embraced the dark arts of marketing spin and psychological persuasion used on Madison Avenue? We’d save millions more lives.
By Nicholas D. Kristof | Outside Online | December 2009
In 2004, I visited the Darfur area three times, trying to bear witness to the slaughter of children and [...]