Les dessous de la #philanthropie
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Dans cet entretien, Linsey McGoey s’interroge sur la nature des activités des organisations philanthropiques telles que la Fondation Gates et l’Initiative Chan Zuckerberg. Abordant les aspects problématiques du « philanthrocapitalisme », elle attire l’attention sur le manque croissant de transparence et de redevabilité de ces fondations.
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What are Philanthropic Organizations Hiding ? - Books & ideas
▻http://www.booksandideas.net/What-are-Philanthropic-Organizations-Hiding.html
An Interview with Linsey McGoey
by Nicolas Larchet & Marc-Olivier Déplaude , 13 February
Linsey McGoey discusses philanthropic organizations such as the Gates Foundation and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Addressing the problematic aspects of “philanthrocapitalism”, she draws attention to the growing lack of transparency and accountability of those foundations.
sur l’accès aux informations, on ne peut pas dire qu’on nage dans la #transparence que la fondation exige de ceux à qui elle donne de l’argent :
I think we’re facing an upward struggle when it comes to accessing the decision-making dynamics of these institutions, and I think problems of non-transparency are bound to become worse in upcoming years. Therefore, we have to be realistic about the risks ahead. When you look at an organization like the Gates foundation, most of my interviews from this book did not come from staff there. It’s true, I managed to secure two interviews with staff there before my access was shut down. They were both carried out by phone, I never visited the organization, I was never invited to engage in a deep way. But I was able to elicit useful information about other activities by people who were affected by their practices. I did interviews at places like the World Health Organization, Médecins Sans Frontières, a number of different organizations that have both praise and concerns towards the foundation.
#philanthrocapitalisme #fondation_gates
mais il y a toujours moyen de faire pire que Bill Gates :
one of my biggest concerns, for example with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, which was established in 2015 by Mark Zuckerberg, is that it’s not a traditional philanthropic organization. It’s a limited-liability company, and as a result of its structural corporate data, it is not subject to the same disclosure regulations that the Gates Foundation faces. We will likely know a lot less about the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative than we do about the Gates Foundation. We will be very much reliant on what they wish the public to know.
The black box warning on philanthrocapitalism - Jocalyn Clark & Linsey McGoey | The Lancet
▻http://thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)32184-5/fulltext
On Sept 21, 2016, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan announced plans to invest US$3 billion in a mission to “cure, prevent or manage all diseases” by 2100, part of an earlier promise to donate 99% of their stock in Facebook, a company Zuckerberg founded. It is the latest example in a growing number of pledges by billionaires to give away their wealth for social causes rather than pass it down to descendants.
Opinion: Charities and Taxpayers Deserve More From Donor-Advised Funds - The Chronicle of Philanthropy
▻https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Opinion-Charities-and/238202
What all of these organizations have in common is that they offer donors the ability to make what appear like outright donations to charity. Behind the scenes, what is happening, in essence, is that DAF sponsors make a side agreement with the donors to hold these funds and let the contributor have control over the money.
How to Cover the One Percent | by Michael Massing | The New York Review of Books
▻http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/01/14/how-to-cover-the-one-percent
much of today’s philanthropy is aimed at “intellectual capture”—at winning the public over to a particular ideology or viewpoint. In addition to foundations, the ultrarich are working through advocacy groups, research institutes, paid spokesmen, and—perhaps most significant of all—think tanks. These once-staid organizations have become pivotal battlegrounds in the war of ideas, and moneyed interests are increasingly trying to shape their research—a good subject for a new website.
Vous avez dit philanthrocapitalisme ? | Evgeny Morozov
►http://blog.mondediplo.net/2016-10-26-Vous-avez-dit-philanthrocapitalisme
Les milliardaires d’antan avaient le mérite d’afficher sans détour leurs intentions : ils ne se cachaient pas de préférer le pillage des ressources mondiales à leur sauvegarde. Si les « barons voleurs » de l’ère industrielle comme Henry Ford, Andrew Carnegie ou John Rockefeller ont effectivement consacré une partie de leur fortune à des œuvres caritatives, il marquaient clairement la distinction : le pétrole et l’acier rapportaient de l’argent ; l’éducation et les arts aidaient à le dépenser. Bien entendu, les fondations éponymes n’étaient ni neutres, ni apolitiques. Elles menaient des projets qui contredisaient rarement la politique étrangère américaine et coïncidaient avec ses orientations et présupposés idéologiques. On pouvait aisément discerner l’impératif civilisationnel qui sous-tendait leur promotion de démocratie ou leur théorie du progrès. D’ailleurs, certaines de ces fondations ont fini par regretter leurs campagnes douteuses, comme Rockefeller et son imprudent soutien au contrôle de la natalité en Inde.
Voir l’excellent #livre de Linsey McGoey, « No Such Thing As A Free Gift ».
