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Dr. James explains how to harness friendship reciprocity to unlock heroic donations

iMarketSmart

Both players could agree to a “mutual insurance” pact. The simple game has an unbreakable law: Giving must be seen by partners who are able and willing to reciprocate. In the extreme game, the law still applies. It leads to natural rules for picking mutual insurance partners. Player 2 will die. So, one of them will die.

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Paths from systems failure

Philanthropy 2173

I have private insurance and access to best medical care - systems is barely able to meet my long Covid needs - can't be working for anyone. Private money speaks; public access, equitable service, equal rights before the law - nice concepts, not reality. So we're choosing for children to die. Public education systems are failing.

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A Framework for Business Action on Climate Justice

Stanford Social Innovation Review

All sectors have a role to play in achieving climate justice, but it’s fair to say that compared to government and civil society, business is late in addressing the challenge and is in fact frequently called out as part of the problem. Why Climate Justice Matters to Business.

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Unrigging the Gig Economy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Gig companies like Uber and Handy, however, are having their cake and eating it too: fully controlling workers’ pay and conditions while evading the cost of doing business, like paying for unemployment insurance and workers’ comp (then using the money they save to pad their own profits).

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What’s in a Name? The Ethics of Building Naming Gifts

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Law professor John Eason notes that present-day social justice movements often call for renouncing past namings for slave owners, white supremacists, or anti-Semites. an alumnus, was convicted of a felony and sentenced to nearly three years in prison for arranging the brutal execution of his show horse for the insurance payout.

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