17 March 2020
In episode 68 we talk to Danny Sriskandarajah, Chief Executive of Oxfam GB about philanthropy, inequality and power in global civil society. Including:
Philanthropy & Inequality
- What is the core role of philanthropy within society which differentiates it from either state or market provision?
- What should we make of arguments that philanthropy is a distraction from the need to focus on ensuring that the world’s elites are taxed appropriately, and may therefore be holding back efforts to address global inequality?
- Is there a danger that models of philanthropy are paternalistic, and too often about decisions being made about communities rather than by them?
- Are some philanthropists willing to challenge & seek change to the systems that made them wealthy in the first place?