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Linsey McGoey

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April 17, 1978

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Linsey McGoey (b. 1978) is a Canadian sociologist and academic based in England. She is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex. She is known for having written about philanthropy in her book No Such Thing as a Free Gift and co-editing the Routledge International Handbook of Ignorance Studies with Matthias Gross. Her next book, The Unknowers: How Elite Ignorance Rules the World, was published in 2019. ...more

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	No Such Thing as a Free Gift: The Gates Foundation and the Price of Philanthropy 3.78 avg rating — 366 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unknowers: How Strategic Ignorance Rules the World 3.96 avg rating — 67 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reading Ranciere: Critical Dissensus by Paul Bowman (Editor), Richard Stamp (Editor), Andrea Phillips (Contributor) 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Routledge International Handbook of Ignorance Studies by Matthias Gross (Editor), Linsey McGoey (Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Introduction to the Sociology of Ignorance liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“What’s novel today is the outspoken way that powerful donors admit and even champion the fact that gift-giving is a useful vehicle for preserving privilege, something that distinguishes them from earlier donors.”
― Linsey McGoey, No Such Thing as a Free Gift: The Gates Foundation and the Price of Philanthropy

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“Approximately four out of five – or over 80 per cent – of charter schools achieve no better test results than traditional public schools, and some are considerably worse.”
― Linsey McGoey, No Such Thing as a Free Gift: The Gates Foundation and the Price of Philanthropy

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“This, fundamentally, is philanthrocapitalism in action: introducing policies that help concentrate wealth in the upper echelons of society in the hope that the wealthy will donate to the financially strapped rest.”
― Linsey McGoey, No Such Thing as a Free Gift: The Gates Foundation and the Price of Philanthropy

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