Bezos Trolling

The February/March issue of Forbes magazine provided more fodder for my new Bezos trolling hobby.

According to Forbes’ estimates, the nation’s 25 most generous philanthropists have donated a total of $169 billion over their lifetimes. Compare that to the $150 billion increase in their collective fortunes during last year alone.

Lots to say about this, but I prefer to just highlight this discrepancy:

The white paper, “Do Women Give More? Findings from three unique data sets on charitable giving” found, consistent with prior research:

• Women are more likely to give than their male counterparts across generations, although Gen-X tends to be the exception.

• Divorced/separated, never-married, or widowed women are more likely to give, and give higher amounts than their male counterparts, and among most men overall.

• As women’s income rises, they become more likely to give to charity than their male counterparts; they also give, and give more to secular causes than their male counterparts for the top 60 percent of income earners.

• Millennial, Boomer and older (Silent/Great generation) women are more likely to give in general and also to secular causes than their male counterparts.

Of course, we knew that already.

Wealth in the hands of women can change the world.