{ "id": "version:problem-the-government-question-v1", "recordId": "problem:the-government-question", "version": 1, "previousId": null, "adapterVersion": "research-content-v1", "subject": { "type": "entry", "collection": "problems", "frontmatter": { "title": "The Government Question", "number": 21, "statement": "When does philanthropy add to public spending, when does it replace it, and when does it shape public policy without public accountability?", "progress": "Evidence on whether private giving crowds public budgets in or out, and shared norms for when private money should shape public policy.", "conditions": [ { "collection": "conditions", "id": "missing-voice" } ], "bounty": "Unfunded. The Question Bounties program will attach prizes once it is funded.", "sources": [] }, "body": "\n## Why it matters\n\nPrivate giving and public spending interact. A gift can unlock government money, replace it or steer it. Each has different consequences for the people served and for democracy.\n\n## Where to start\n\nEconomists have studied crowding-in and crowding-out for decades, with mixed results. The open problem is turning that literature into guidance a giver can use.\n" }, "subjectHash": "86fd2dad2a84367a460d2f25e2481e686400141dd5e868e869fecaac4d437963", "authorship": { "state": "unknown", "complete": false, "actorIds": [], "refs": [] }, "sources": [ { "sourceId": "source:current-problems-the-government-question", "selector": { "kind": "entry" } } ], "hash": "4435a1ed85c3e03eaac5aafeec26e2f8a65e8aada2882e547442da9887e317e9" }