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Michael Belinsky Harvard Kennedy School of Government Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Government

Social Impact Bonds: Lessons from the Field

In piloting social impact bonds, governments have already yielded some lessons from the field.

By Michael Belinsky | 4 | Jan. 23, 2012
 
Kelly Kleiman The Nonprofiteer New York Times Wall Street Journal Washington Post Alternative Press The Huffington Post SSIR

Philanthropy

The Billionaire vs. “Free-riding” Multimillionaires

Philanthropy is not sufficient and taxation is necessary.

By Kelly Kleiman | Jan. 19, 2012
 
K Sree Kumar is CEO of Intellicap

Social Entrepreneurship

In Search of a New Model for Government-Social Enterprise Collaboration

Conflict between social enterprises and government comes down to a simple matter of market overlap.

By K Sree Kumar | 4 | Jan. 6, 2012
 

Nonprofits

Social Sector Predictions for 2012

Ten predictions for the social sector and beyond in 2012.

By David La Piana | 4 | Jan. 3, 2012
 

Philanthropy

ReCoding Good: Part 1

From the Field Series: An ongoing report of the Philanthropy, Policy, and Technology Project, which explores the use of private resources for public good.

By Lucy Bernholz | Dec. 19, 2011
 

Government

Innovating for a Better City

The need for local government innovation is now greater than ever.

By Michael Bloomberg | Dec. 12, 2011
 

Government

The Social Innovation Fund: Field Observations

We must use our scarce resources to serve disenfranchised people’s needs and demand that evidence of results play a greater role in funding decisions.

By Lisa Jackson & Carla Javits | Dec. 2, 2011
 

Government

Will the FCC’s Digital Literacy Corps become a 21st Century Peace Corps? Maybe.

Will this Digital Literacy Corps be a 21st Century Peace Corps?

By Daniel Kent | Nov. 29, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Eric Friedenwald-Fishman is the creative director/president of Metropolitan Group. He is the co-author of Marketing That Matters (Berrett & Koehler; the primary author of MG’s Public Will Building Framework: An Approach for Sustainable Soci

Government

Ode to Representative Democracy: The Power of Factions Still Matters

It is still necessary today to protect against the power of factions; it is vital this critical aspect of American democracy is restored.

By Eric Friedenwald-Fishman | 6 | Nov. 3, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Lucy Bernholzs is a visiting scholar at the Stanford University Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, a fellow with the Hybrid Reality Institute and former fellow of the New America Foundation.

Philanthropy

Philanthropy as Infrastructure?

As a society, we should not encourage the replacement of public responsibilities by private philanthropy.

By Lucy Bernholz | 2 | Oct. 19, 2011