Rob Reich
Rob Reich is Professor of Political Science at Stanford University and coauthor, with Jeremy M. Weinstein and Mehran Sahami, of System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot.
Is Philanthropy Anti-Democratic?
Most charitable foundations are endowed in perpetuity. But John Stuart Mill argued eternal rights make for bad governance.
Response to Effective Altruism
For altruists, the best state of affairs places technocrats in charge.
Democratic Standards for Philanthropy — Final Response
Plutocratic voices can support democratic ends.
“What Are Foundations For?” at Harvard
Rob Reich discusses his views on the role of foundations in democratic societies, as articulated in his Boston Review forum essay "What Are Foundations For?"
