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http://www.patheos.com/blogs/paperbackt ... -poor.html

http://m.theatlantic.com/magazine/archi ... ve/309254/

The rich give more to org that benefit them. Musuems, Colleges.

Is money palliative or curative? Most of the palliative spending won't get you a building with your name on it. If the accumulation of excessive wealth is the expression of a need for self-aggrandizement, it stands to reason that having a building or a wing of a school or hospital named after you is going to be a lot more satisfying than giving a million mosquito nets to people you don't know.

Philanthropy can be a strange mix of hubris and charity.