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Excessive Wealth Has Run Amok—This Must Stop

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Malik Cıl on pexels.com I’ve been a student of inequality for a long time—as a curious child and later as a sociology professor. Comprising consultants, attorneys, accountants, wealth managers, and others, this wealth defense industry employs various tools to hide wealth and avoid taxation.

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How to Lower the ‘Cost’ of Philanthropy So Your Supporters Donate Major Gifts of Assets

iMarketSmart

This distinction arises in anthropology and sociology theories.[14] Visual planned giving in color: An introduction to the law & taxation of charitable gift planning. The Sociological Review, 35 (1), 150–169. [14] 14] In anthropology and sociology this distinction originates in the work of Mauss (1923). 3] James, R.