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India’s Philanthropy Spending Grows, Development Goals Elusive

The NonProfit Times

of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) during fiscal year 2023. The UN goals include climate change measures, increased access to quality education and healthcare, gender equality and the eradication of poverty. That amount constituted 8.3% In total, private philanthropy amounted to $15 billion during fiscal year 2023.

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Reconnecting Economics Education with Today’s Global Realities

NonProfit Quarterly

Just this fall, in an interactive session designed to kick off October’s National Economics Education Month, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell praised economics educators for helping the Fed conduct monetary policy by teaching economics. During his remarks, Powell referred to economics as “the science of public policy.”

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Building Union Power to Rein in the AI Boss

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Colclough & Kate Lappin In 2018 in the Netherlands, the public learned that Dutch tax authorities had for years been using an AI-driven system to incorrectly accuse people of committing child welfare fraud. By Christina J. At least three people killed themselves over the stress caused by the “ Robodebt ” scandal.

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Driving Change in Housing Policies With Advocacy and Organizing

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Advocacy and organizing for racially equitable housing policies is a cornerstone of building a just housing system in the United States. COVID-19 has exacerbated this crisis, and the country’s recent racial reckoning has heightened awareness of the need for racially equitable housing policies to support healthier communities.

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Movement Economies: Building an Economics Rooted in Movement

NonProfit Quarterly

“RULER OF THE EARTH” BY YUET-LAM TSANG Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2023 issue, “Movement Economies: Making Our Vision a Collective Reality.” How do social movements come to make the language of economic systems change their own? We think it can. We think it can.