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Charitable Fundraising Gimmicks Redux

· Wednesday, March 14, 2007 · 1 comment

Kieran Healy weighs in on the mystery of why odd gimmicks are useful in promoting charitable fundraising, explaining it as “the norm of reciprocity in action.” It’s as good a rationale as any.

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  1. » OTB News says:
    Wednesday, March 14, 2007 at 23:57

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