8 in 10 Americans earning more than $1 million a year leave nothing to charity in their wills. "Philanthropy is part of the unspoken contract that underpins the American dream. If that contract is broken, a backlash is likely. Every American, rich and poor, would lose." This same issue lists the nations top ten ’97 philanthropists and only one made consequential gifts to a religious organization. (The Economist 5/30/98)
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