The philanthropy of George Soros : building open societies / Chuck Sudetic ; with an essay by George Soros, and an afterword by Aryeh Neier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sudetic, Chuck.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soros, George.

Open Society Fund (New York).

Capitalists and financiers--Conduct of life.

Capitalists and financiers.

Humanitarianism.

Physical Description:

vi, 373 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : PublicAffairs, [2011]

Summary:

I Believe that open society is endangered worldwide. Of course, open society is always endangered and people must constantly reaffirm their commitment to the idea for open society to endure; what I fear is that we are closer to failing the test than on previous occasions....

Deliberately misleading propaganda techniques can destroy an open society. Nazi propaganda methods were powerful enough to destroy the Weimar Republic. Those methods have been imported into the United States and further refined. Although democracy has much deeper roots in America than in Germany, it is not immune to deliberate deception....

We need to undertake a profound rethinking and recognize that half truths are misleading. The fact that your opponent is wrong does not make you right. We must come to terms with the fact that we live in an inherently imperfect society in which both markets and government regulations are bound to fall short of perfection. The task is to reduce the imperfections and make both private enterprise and government work better. Book jacket.

Contents:

Fighting the curse of natural resources

Promoting justice

Alleviating poverty through economic development

Helping Haiti rise from destruction

Laying the groundwork for an open society in Burma

Tackling TB

Liberating people with mental disabilities

Asserting the rights of the Roma

The Baltimore experiment

The New Orleans challenge.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781586488222

1586488228

9781586488598

1586488597

OCLC:

701243190