Trotz mancher sehr großzügiger Spender stößt die Philanthropie in den USA an ihre Grenzen. Und in Europa haben die Staaten mit Ausnahme einiger nordischer Länder nicht mehr Mittel und Willen, neue Verantwortung zu übernehmen.
Reality has become even more complicated since then: the family’s role continues to decline in Asia; philantropy, despite a few extraordinarily generous individuals, has more than met its limits in America; and, with the possible exception of the Nordic countries, the state in Europe, overburdened by debt, no longer has the means or the will to shoulder new responsibilities.