This paper describes and analyses the relationship between income and donations to charity. The hypothesis is that the ‘U-shaped curve’, said to describe the relationship between income and percentage of income given to charity, takes a different shape if redrawn with the focus on specific...

section 1. What is philanthropy? -- section 2. Philanthropy across time and place -- section 3. Being a philanthropist : callings and critiques -- section 4. Philanthropists and beneficiaries : a complex relationship -- section 5. Philanthropic practices and institutions -- section 6. Debates...