The DN of the Debate. As income inequality grows, so does her interest in philanthropy

IN the U.S. supported hospitals, museums, schools and universities, and the private sector, and there is a strong social pressure to engage in philanthropy. The wealthy american man who is not engaged in some form of philanthropy or supporting the project with the higher purposes for getting a hard time in the life of society. The societal expectations are simply to high to be able to take on responsibility and to support the objectives of which go beyond their own enrichment.

In Sweden, the situation is different. We are not a country immediately associated with a member of the nobel assembly. It has confidence in the government's ability to manage the intervention, coupled with a high tax burden that the private filantropin has been limited and almost invisible. To display their commitment through the identification of projects and buildings, the lack of cultural roots in Sweden. A wealthy person is expected to do not necessarily need to take a social responsibility beyond their taxes.

also , to anyone who would like to have access to higher education, and that research needs to be carried out regardless of the state of the economy or the political system of governance. There is something to be proud of. The Swedish government's grant for education and science is grateful to you, and is necessary, but it is far from covering all needs. We would like to be in Sweden to continue to be able to be on the forefront of the world stage, we would like to attract, recruit and retain talent in the academic, social, and business communities; and we want to be able to respond to the challenges that we face? We would like to increase the degrees of freedom of the arts and science? Yes, then you need to bets, and in the context of expanded and extended. A plurality of finansieringsbaser a guarantee of greater freedom.

Maybe we are seeing more and more of named projects, investments, or buildings, within a few years. Is that in a few years, too, of course, with a lot of money is going at the same time, social pressure for a greater degree of social responsibility.

Sweden has been a tendency to import to the us kulturfenomen. The riskkapitalistiska and the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Sweden, it has characteristics that are reminiscent of the Silicon Valley, california. The culture is reflected in everything from the language, organization, and activities." Sweden has experienced a strong growth during the 2000's, the first two decades of the. However, the growth rate is distributed non-uniformly, and the Nordic council of ministers research centre, Nordregio, shows that Sweden has the greatest income inequality. As a positive side-effect, however, of the tracks, as an increasing number of individuals is drastically reduced as seen its assets grow to see also filantropin out to be in recent years.

these foundations – which are among Europe's biggest private-funding – Erling Persson foundation, the Swedish cancer society (Cancerfonden, svenska Handelsbanken's research foundations, and Cyril, and the Pain Beijers foundation, are all examples of major private research funding bodies in Sweden.

one of the interesting developments that have taken place in the last couple of years is that as more and more people are creating great wealth and the philanthropic interest of individuals has increased. A lot of wealthy swedes, now appears to want to donate larger sums of money for social projects, sustainability initiatives, research, and education. Klarnagrundaren Niklas Adalberth, has donated $ 700 million to support the companies that are driving sustainable development forward. Percy Barnevik, the Björn Carlson, and Roger Akelius is the second, which is given to the månghundramiljonersbelopp to a worthy cause.

Also, at the stockholm school of Economics in Stockholm, sweden, we have, in the last few years have seen a dramatic increase in the rate of private filantropin. We have received large sums of money for research, education and training, from the näringslivsprofiler like the Antonia Ax:son Johnson and the company as a grocery store and Cevian Capital.

Our focus on critical-thinking skills, the arts, literature, the arts, and better student health and support services, has resulted in huge amount of money. In the last few months, Magnus Nilsson, co-founder of Izettle, the brothers Nils and Per Forsberg, who was behind the investeringsfirman Valedo, and fastighetsföretagaren, Staffan Olsson, has donated a very large amount of money. The list is long and growing.

privatdriven the college is made up of only 18 per cent of the School revenue at the date of the permanent funds of the state. However, as well as to our public universities and institutions of higher education are dependent on private donations and run fundraising campaigns to finance their activities. A private donation is not an obstacle for the independent and / or research – quite the opposite. The world's top universities, like Harvard, Yale, Oxford and Cambridge, are the recipients of the donations in the mångmiljardklassen which finansieringsmodellerna designed to ensure that the research freedom is guaranteed. By broadening the scope of financing will be higher education institutions are less dependent on a single player and can easily adapt to the current situation. A variety of funding sources, it also serves as a form of insurance against political meddlesomeness in the field of culture and science.

Finansieringsströmmarna need to be completed and to be much more heterogeneous. Public funding is simply not enough, and givarkulturen among the political need to gain a stronger foothold. In line with the growing wealth and concentration of resources will, it is also plausible that people are increasingly contributing to the context, and initiatives that go beyond them. At a time when the income and wealth gap has increased in Sweden, the politicians to face up to the growing potential of the support of culture, science, and the hållbarhetssatsningar.

Possibly the account at the beginning of a sharp increase in the filantropin. Maybe we are in line with this, also be regarded as a culturally accepted and tell the world about the braces. Perhaps, we are seeing more and more of named projects, investments, or buildings, within a few years. Is that in a few years, too, of course, with a lot of money is going at the same time, social pressure for a greater degree of social responsibility.

Perhaps it will be the 2020's, the decade when the Swedish state governments through the stimulus package and the tax laws encourages people to philanthropic efforts. Perhaps this will be the decade when more and more philanthropists for larger audiences, also tells us about the efforts they are making. It is also the decade when the philanthropic engagement, it becomes the new normal, on a wide scale in the English, business, and civil society.
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