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  "text": "---\ntitle: \"The Government Question\"\nnumber: 21\nstatement: \"When does philanthropy add to public spending, when does it replace it, and when does it shape public policy without public accountability?\"\nprogress: \"Evidence on whether private giving crowds public budgets in or out, and shared norms for when private money should shape public policy.\"\nconditions: [\"missing-voice\"]\nstatus: open\nbounty: \"Unfunded. The Question Bounties program will attach prizes once it is funded.\"\n---\n\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",
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