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Capitalism, the Insecurity Machine: A Conversation with Astra Taylor

NonProfit Quarterly

RR: The book is based on your discovery that everyone’s “economic issues are also emotional ones.” Let’s say you manage to save money, and you put it in your 401(k) because you don’t have state-provided security in old age. If we don’t have public transit, we take an Uber. Most businesses don’t make it!

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Why You Should Focus Your Fundraising Efforts on Generating Gifts of Wealth (from Assets) Not on Disposable Income (from Credit Cards, Checks, or Cash)

iMarketSmart

An analysis of over a million nonprofit tax returns showed the answer.[17]. This is years of data from most American nonprofits. Of course, fundraisers should also educate themselves.)[19]. American Economic Review, 105 (5), 381-84; See also , Campbell, J. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 24 (3), 233-256.

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