Middle Class Windfalls and the Poverty of the Welfare State

The author wishes to thank the following for helpful comments on earlier draughts: Professor Walter E. Block, College of the Holy Cross; John D. Gregory, Editor, The Philanthropist; Dr. John C. Goodman, National Center for Policy Analysis; Professor Dwight R. Lee, Washington University; Dr. Gerald L. Musgrave, Economics America Inc.; Dr. Filip Palda, The Fraser…

Counterpoint

A Response to “Commercial Nonprofit Enterprises in the United States: The Phenomenon of Unfair Competition”1 and Unfair Competition: The Profits of Nonprofits For nearly a decade, a vocal segment of America’s small business community, with government support through the Small Business Administration, has accused commercially active nonprofit organizations of having an unfair competitive advantage. Two…

Viewpoint: Unmasking the Two-Tier Tax-Credit Scheme

Readers are invited to respond to articles in this section. If appropriate, their views will be published. Introduction In justifying the new two-tier tax credit scheme for charitable contribu­tions, Finance Minister Michael Wilson has produced some rather perplexing, as well as anemic, platitudes. According to the Minister the new scheme is fairer than the old…

Bookshelf

The Nonprofit Sector: A Research Handbook Edited by Walter W Powell Published by Yale University Press, New Haven and London. 1987, pp. xiii.464 REVIEWED BY MARK D. HUGHES Academic Coordinator, Lawrence Fertig Center, Ludwig von Mises Institute, Fairfax, Virginia’ During the last decade, a large body of literature has emerged from the Program on Non-profit Organizations…