This is a guest post from Meredith James, Program Director of the One Percent Foundation. Why do we give? This question flummoxed Darwin and puzzled social scientists. Parts of evolutionary and economic theory are based on the principal that in order to survive and be successful, people must put themselves first, so why do we forgo our personal gains for benefit of others by engaging in charity?
Hooked on giving
Hooked on giving
Hooked on giving
This is a guest post from Meredith James, Program Director of the One Percent Foundation. Why do we give? This question flummoxed Darwin and puzzled social scientists. Parts of evolutionary and economic theory are based on the principal that in order to survive and be successful, people must put themselves first, so why do we forgo our personal gains for benefit of others by engaging in charity?
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