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Title: Robin Hood Was Right: A Guide to Giving Your Money for Social Change by Chuck Collins, Pam Rogers, Joan P. Garner, Alfre Woodard ISBN: 0-393-32085-5 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: January, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.17 (6 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Chuck Collins is wrong
Comment: The story of Robin Hood is not one of stealing from the rich to give to the poor. It is a story of too much taxes and Robin Hood returning the taxes to those that were bled dry. Not only does Collins rely on an incorrect myth of Robin Hood, but he latches on to myths about solutions for poverty. Studies have shown that minimum wage does not help the poor. In fact, one study (whose author would agree with Collin's premise) called minimum wage "perverse" in the fact that it took from one group of poor (those that became unemployed because of minimum wage) and gave to another group of poor (those that got a small raise because of minimum wage).
A better book on effective ways of helping the poor can be found in some of the chapters of "Healing Our World" by Dr. Mary J. Ruwart.
Rating: 4
Summary: hoped for more
Comment: Good intentioned book on the importance of giving money for social change. But the book left me short by not addressing the authors' own observation that "uncertainty about the impact of your gifts" can cause the most philanthropic among us to balk at giving. Book would have been so much more helpful if the authors had spent more time on how a reader can intelligently evaluate the foundations they profile in the book. We get a glimpse of what the book could have been in appendix H where the authors tell us that nonprofits with budgets of more than $250,000 have to have annual audits that are made publicly available. That's the kind of information that's really helpful...and a few words or paragraphs or even a chapter on how to read these audit statements to make sense of the health and intentions of the organizations would have been terrific.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Book That Keeps on Giving
Comment: "Robin Hood Was Right" is an entertaining and intelligent guide to contributing to social change. Instead of replying to the nightly phone solicitations or the direct mail appeals, the reader can take control of the contribution process to focus on the values and outcomes desired.
I especially enjoyed the cartoons and sidebars. The text is thoughtful and each appendix offers an array of legitimate organizations. I recommend this book to anyone, who like me, wants to be sure that giving will make a difference. That the book is also a good read is just a free bonus.
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Title: Wealthy and Wise: How You and America Can Get the Most Out of Your Giving by Claude Jr. Rosenberg ISBN: 0316757411 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 19 September, 1994 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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Title: Don't Just Give It Away: How to Make the Most of Your Charitable Giving by Renata J. Rafferty, Paul Newman ISBN: 1886284326 Publisher: Chandler House Press Pub. Date: April, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Inspired Philanthropy: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Giving Plan, 2nd Edition by Tracy Gary, Melissa Kohner ISBN: 0787964107 Publisher: Jossey-Bass Pub. Date: 16 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Seven Faces of Philanthropy : A New Approach to Cultivating Major Donors by Russ Alan Prince, Karen Maru File ISBN: 0787960578 Publisher: Jossey-Bass Pub. Date: 16 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: The Cathedral Within : Transforming Your Life by Giving Something Back by Bill Shore ISBN: 0375758291 Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks Pub. Date: 13 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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