Control, terrorism, and the rise of isis. Congress, a year in review, on cspan december 31, 8 00 p. M. Eastern time. Author stephen hess talks about americas political dynasties at the New Hampshire institute of politics, outlining the criteria for a dynasty and some lesserknown families who dominated u. S. Congress. This program will last about 50 minutes. You, tom. Thank that was an overwhelming introduction. You told me things i had forgotten about, myself. You reminded me of my favorite cartoon of dwight eisenhower, mys back in the White Housemy boss back in the white house, at the lectern like this. The book i am talking about has a strange history, and unusual history. An unusual it started in 1957 in frank for furt,ny frank for it germany. I was in the army, and one night, i went to the library for a book for light entertainment. Instead, i saw a massive document. It and it was seven pounds. It was the biographical directory of the american congress, a listing of everyone who ha
[inaudible conversations] okay, i guess we can start. Thank you all for coming. This is a great crowd and were all very happy to have you here as we talk about the financial crisis and financial history under the title gaming the system finance in america which is really what its all about. Before introduced myself and the panelists i just want to make a couple of quick announcements. First of all we ask you to silence your cell phones and we point out that personal recording of these sessions is prohibited. There will be a book signing for all the members of the so panel and myself right after the session. Im asked to type that if youre buying a book, you buy it upstairs in the lobby, and then the sign will be across the street. We will sign them after you buy them. Anyway, once again, welcome to all of you. We are privileged to have with us today three authors have taken three very different approaches to reporting and analyzing the financial crisis that began in 2008 and the many re
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New York Times cited more than US$6 billion (£4.3 billion) in charitable donations.
Yet, as Rob Reich, a professor of political science at Stanford University and an expert on philanthropy, pointed out on Twitter, while Scott’s donations in 2020 were 15 times greater than those of the largest US foundations (the Ford Foundation distributed US$350 million in 2020), we know little about her philanthropy. Paradoxically, women’s philanthropy has long been invisible, even though it dates back centuries and has always been important.
A lack of research
There is a lack of research on the topic, but historians show that women of power already provided patronage in the middle ages and the Renaissance (think Isabeau de Bavière, Catherine de Médicis and others). In the 17th and 18th centuries, nuns (or “daughters of charity”) offered help where needed, and women philanthropists were operating in the 19th and early 20th centuries. These philanthropic roles have allowed women to op