By Kathleen Adamson, September 8, 2021 Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism, Anne Case and Angus Deaton, Princeton University Press, March 17, 2020, 312 pp., $32.10 Now that the COVID pandemic is entering its 18th month, we can observe the larger ripple effects reaching out from its epicentre. The danger to human life from the pandemic is accompanied … [Read more...] about Deaths of Despair: how the flaws in capitalism are fatal for America’s working class
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The Sacklers and Purdue: Representing much of what is maddeningly unjust
(September 3, 2021) Since 2004, Purdue Pharma, and its owners, the Sackler family, have been fighting lawsuits regarding their role in the opioid crisis. In 2019, as part of a bankruptcy filing, these lawsuits were assessed for a final settlement. Now, as of September 1, 2021, the terms of the settlements and bankruptcy filing are set. Purdue Pharma will be dissolved and will … [Read more...] about The Sacklers and Purdue: Representing much of what is maddeningly unjust
Episode 10: Straight Talk with F. Warren McFarlan
(September 3, 2021) Our very special guest today is Professor F. Warren McFarlan, Professor Emeritus, and former Senior Associate Dean of External Relations at Harvard Business School. Among his many and varied accomplishments, he helped set up Harvard’s School International Senior Management Program in Switzerland in 1973 and was Co-Director of Case Development … [Read more...] about Episode 10: Straight Talk with F. Warren McFarlan
Effective Fundraising: Let’s Talk Boards
By Roger Ali (September 3, 2021) Effective Fundraising: The Trustee’s Role and Beyond, F. Warren McFarlan, Wiley, March 30, 2021, 208 pp., $35.36 (September 3, 2021) Effective Fundraising is an indispensable guide to help boards and executives new to fundraising and asking for money. The book is a blueprint on everything you need to know from governance to the major … [Read more...] about Effective Fundraising: Let’s Talk Boards
The Charity Report welcomes Laurence Miall as contributing editor
(September 2, 2021) The Charity Report announced today that Laurence Miall has become the newest edition to its group of contributing editors. Miall has worked in communications for twenty years across all sectors – public, private, and charitable – in Quebec and Alberta. Most recently he was Director of Communications with the Montreal-based McConnell … [Read more...] about The Charity Report welcomes Laurence Miall as contributing editor