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Just giving : why philanthropy is failing democracy and how it can do better

Description:	xiv, 239 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm.
Publisher:	Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2018.
ISBN:	9780691183497 (hardback)
2 of 2 copies available at NOBLE (All Libraries). 1 of 1 copy available at Wakefield. Library Location Call number Status Wakefield Adult Nonfiction (2nd Floor) 361.7 Reich Available
▸Asks what attitude and what policies democracies should have concerning individuals who give money ... away for public purposes; and argues that the aims of mass giving should be the decentralization of power in the production of public goods, such as the arts, education, and science. Read More

System error : where big tech went wrong and how we can reboot

Description:	319 pages ; 24 cm.
Publisher:	New York : Harper, an imprint of Harpe CollinsPublishers, [2021].
ISBN:	9780063064881
Edition:	First edition
6 of 6 copies available at NOBLE (All Libraries). 1 of 1 copy available at Wakefield. Library Location Call number Status Wakefield Adult Nonfiction (2nd Floor) 303.483 Reich Available
▸"System Error" exposes the root of our current predicament: how big tech's relentless focus on ... optimization is driving a future that reinforces discrimination, erodes privacy, displaces workers, and pollutes the information we get. Armed with an understanding of how technologists think and exercise their power, three Stanford professors share their provocative insights and concrete solutions to help everyone understand what is happening, what is at stake, and what we can do to control technology instead of letting it control us. Read More