How Americans Give: The Financialization of American Jewish Philanthropy.

CHARITIES; AMERICAN Jewish history; FINANCIALIZATION; CAPITALISM; HISTORY of economics; ECONOMICS; HISTORY; CHARITIES -- History; UNITED States history

An essay which traces the history of the philanthropic practice of American Jews and its link with the process of financialization in the U.S. is presented. Topics covered include financialized methods of governance during the period of liberal expansion in the U.S., the process of financialization that obligated U.S. democracy to capitalism, tzedakah or American Jewish philanthropy as a tool of political economy, and the emergence of Jewish federation system.