With less charitable giving flowing directly to charities, a tax policy scholar suggests some policy fixes

By Ray Madoff, Professor of Law, Boston College

Law professor Ray Madoff is the co-founder and director of the Boston College Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good. In an interview with Emily Schwartz Greco, The Conversation U.S. philanthropy and nonprofits editor, Madoff sums up some of the main points about charitable giving she makes in her 2025 book, “The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy.”…

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~	Russia wanted a new world order. This wasn’t the one it had in mind

~	The US-Israel attack on Iran paints NZ foreign policy into a corner

~	If you win most literary prizes, you pay tax. If you win The Block, you don’t. How is this fair?

~	Matildas effect 2.0? Why the Women’s Asian Cup is a huge moment for Australian soccer

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~	Arrowhead points found in Central Asia could prove the existence of ‘Homo sapiens’ 80,000 years ago

~	Why the U.S. is unlikely to curtail China’s dominance over critical minerals

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