Reconceptualizing Charity: The Problem with Philanthropy and “Effective Altruism” by the World’s Wealthiest People

January 11, 2016 0

by Cecelia Lynch

As 2015 drew to a close, my inbox became more and more crowded with requests for donations from religious and non-religious groups, begging anew a central question posed […]

Track Changes: Neoliberalism and Its Hollow Victories! / Le Néolibéralisme et ses victoires vaines

November 13, 2015 2

In French/Pour Français

In our ongoing series, “Track Changes,” we link to online content that we have found to be problematic in its assumptions, framing, or language and provide a […]

The Fight against Poverty: Humanitarian Idealism and the Elusive Quest for Development

February 24, 2015 0

In this three-part series (we post Part Three today), Cilas Kemedjio takes on the ongoing crusade to spread neoliberal dogma and “western values.”  Part One addresses the “virgin fallacy,” […]

The Virgin Fallacy: From the Famine Cotton Board to the Millennium Village Project

February 13, 2015 0

In this three-part series (we post Part One today), Cilas Kemedjio takes on the ongoing crusade to spread neoliberal dogma and “western values.”  Part Two addresses William Easterly’s call to […]