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Politics, Prosperity and Charitable Giving

Liberals favor income redistribution and the welfare state, so they must give more willingly to charity. That's what a professor at Syracuse University thought he would demonstrate when he began researching the subject. When his early findings proved otherwise, he thought he must be mistaken.

By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Liberals favor income redistribution and the welfare state, so they must give more willingly to charity. That's what a professor at Syracuse University thought he would demonstrate when he began researching the subject. When his early findings proved otherwise, he thought he must be mistaken.

Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Karen Radziner
Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?
Arthur Brooks
Harvard professor, host of the podcast “How to Build a Happy Life”

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Politics, Prosperity and Charitable Giving

Liberals favor income redistribution and the welfare state, so they must give more willingly to charity. That's what a professor at Syracuse University thought he would demonstrate when he began researching the subject. When his early findings proved otherwise, he thought he must be mistaken.

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Politics, Prosperity and Charitable Giving

Liberals favor income redistribution and the welfare state, so they must give more willingly to charity. That's what a professor at Syracuse University thought he would demonstrate when he began researching the subject. When his early findings proved otherwise, he thought he must be mistaken.

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