With less charitable giving flowing directly to charities, a tax policy scholar suggests some policy fixes

With less charitable giving flowing directly to charities, a tax policy scholar suggests some policy fixes

Sometimes, very rich people approach philanthropy with a degree of whimsy. tiero/iStock via Getty Images PlusLaw professor Ray Madoff is the co-founder and director of the Boston College Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good. In an interview with Emily Schwartz Greco, The Conversation U.S. philanthropy and nonprofits editor, Madoff sums up some of the main points about charitable giving she makes in her 2025 book, “The Second Estate: How the…