The Charity Racket

How Billionaires Use Foundations to Dodge Taxes, Control Policy, and Undermine Democracy

De: Calder M. Bristowe

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

In a world where billionaires are worshipped as benevolent saviors, The Charity Racket pulls back the curtain on a sprawling machinery of influence masquerading as generosity. This unflinching exposé reveals how elite philanthropy is less about doing good—and more about maintaining power.

From Andrew Carnegie’s “Gospel of Wealth” to the Gates Foundation’s grip on global health, this book maps how private foundations operate as shadow governments, shaping public policy without public consent. Tax shelters disguised as altruism, vanity-driven “naming rights,” and glossy campaigns of “impact” serve one core purpose: to launder power while dodging accountability. Whether it’s the Giving Pledge, disaster relief efforts, or feminist rebranding, philanthropy offers redemption to the ultra-rich—while silencing radical alternatives and entrenching economic inequality.

With relentless precision and biting clarity, The Charity Racket interrogates the deep links between wealth accumulation and moral posturing. It explores how celebrity-led campaigns, eco-washed climate initiatives, and elite-funded NGOs manufacture consensus and suppress dissent. At every turn, the book demands a reckoning: not just with the billionaires who hijack public agendas, but with the system that allows them to do so under the banner of benevolence.

This is not a story of generosity—it’s a playbook of control.

If you’ve ever questioned why the richest people on Earth seem so eager to “give back,” this book will answer with the one thing they fear: the truth.