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Paul Brest

Paul Brest, Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, is former President of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

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Vast sums of philanthropic donations have no discernible social value. The past decade has seen two significant efforts to respond to this sad state of affairs. The first focuses on the proper...
Paul Brest
Policy Advocates The paradigmatic pluralism-enhancing activity, according to Rob Reich, is the provision of goods and services that are not (adequately) provided by the marketplace or the state. I would like to...
Paul Brest

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