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 In episode 42 we chat to Krystian Seibert, an Industry Fellow at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia. We discuss the current wave of critiques of philanthropy, why criticism is important, how to make that criticism constructive and what the response from policy and lawmakers should be. Including:  How do we criticise ‘well’? Is some criticism in danger of ‘preaching to the converted’? To what extent does personal philosophy or ideology dictate how receptive you are to certain criticisms? Which criticism of philanthropy is hardest to answer? How much do the current US-focussed critiques resonate elsewhere (e.g. the UK or Australia)? Is there an argument to change how philanthropy is regulated by the state? How do we balance the freedom to make individual philanthropic choices with the responsibility to ensure philanthropy doesn’t create greater inequality? In the US the focus has been on the potential for philanthropy to subvert democracy by offering a means of influence outside the electoral system. Yet in many other places, the concern is the opposite: that the ability of civil society (funded by philanthropy) to campaign is being stifled. How do we square these two concerns? Should more philanthropic funders support journalism or other mechanisms that can hold philanthropy itself to account? Is there an inherent power imbalance in philanthropy, between those who have the assets and those that require them? Can we address this balance, and if so how? Do we need to make philanthropic decisions more democratic? If so, how? Do we need to make philanthropy more accountable to the people and communities it is supposed to serve? If so, how?    Related Links   Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadas Just Giving: Why Philanthropy is Failing Democracy and How it Can Do Better by Rob Reich  The Givers by David Callahan Decolonizing Wealth by Edgar Villanueva  Dark Money by Jane Mayer The Prize by Dale Rusakoff  Rob Reich on the Giving Thought podcast Krystian’s article in Stanford Social Innovation Review on “Cultivating Legitimacy in Philanthropy”  My Giving Thought blog on “Winners Take All” 

In episode 42 we chat to Krystian Seibert, an Industry Fellow at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia. We discuss the current wave of critiques of philanthropy, why criticism is important, how to make that criticism constructive and what the response from policy and lawmakers should be. Including: <ul> <li>How do we criticise ‘well’?</li> <li>Is some criticism in danger of ‘preaching to the converted’?</li> <li>To what extent does personal philosophy or ideology dictate how receptive you are to certain criticisms?</li> <li>Which criticism of philanthropy is hardest to answer?</li> <li>How much do the current US-focussed critiques resonate elsewhere (e.g. the UK or Australia)?</li> <li>Is there an argument to change how philanthropy is regulated by the state?</li> <li>How do we balance the freedom to make individual philanthropic choices with the responsibility to ensure philanthropy doesn’t create greater inequality?</li> <li>In the US the focus has been on the potential for philanthropy to subvert democracy by offering a means of influence outside the electoral system. Yet in many other places, the concern is the opposite: that the ability of civil society (funded by philanthropy) to campaign is being stifled. How do we square these two concerns?</li> <li>Should more philanthropic funders support journalism or other mechanisms that can hold philanthropy itself to account?</li> <li>Is there an inherent power imbalance in philanthropy, between those who have the assets and those that require them? Can we address this balance, and if so how?</li> <li>Do we need to make philanthropic decisions more democratic? If so, how?</li> <li>Do we need to make philanthropy more accountable to the people and communities it is supposed to serve? If so, how?</li> </ul> Related Links <ul> <li><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/539747/winners-take-all-by-anand-giridharadas/9780451493248/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World</a> by Anand Giridharadas</li> <li><a href="https://press.princeton.edu/titles/14186.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Just Giving: Why Philanthropy is Failing Democracy and How it Can Do Better</a> by Rob Reich</li> <li><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/533633/the-givers-by-david-callahan/9781101971048/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Givers</a> by David Callahan</li> <li><a href="http://decolonizingwealth.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Decolonizing Wealth</a> by Edgar Villanueva</li> <li><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/215462/dark-money-by-jane-mayer/9780307947901/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Dark Money</a> by Jane Mayer</li> <li><a href="http://dalerussakoff.com/books/the-prize/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Prize</a> by Dale Rusakoff</li> <li><a href="http://givingthought.libsyn.com/rob-reich-philanthropy-democracy-power-inequality" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Rob Reich on the Giving Thought podcast</a></li> <li>Krystian’s article in Stanford Social Innovation Review on “<a href="https://ssir.org/articles/entry/cultivating_legitimacy_in_philanthropy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cultivating Legitimacy in Philanthropy</a>”</li> <li><a href="https://www.cafonline.org/about-us/blog-home/giving-thought/the-role-of-giving/giving-criticism-winners-take-all-philanthropy-and-inequality" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> My Giving Thought blog on “Winners Take All”</a></li> </ul>

Krystian Seibert - Criticism of philanthropy: why, how & where next?