{"product_id":"the-nonprofit-economy-9780674626263","title":"The Nonprofit Economy","description":"\u003cp\u003eNonprofit organizations are all around us. Many people send their children to nonprofit day-care centers  schools  and colleges  and their elderly parents to nonprofit nursing homes; when they are ill  they may well go to a nonprofit hospital; they may visit a nonprofit museum  read the magazine of the nonprofit National Geographic Society  donate money to a nonprofit arts organization  watch the nonprofit public television station  exercise at the nonprofit YMCA. Nonprofits surround us  but we rarely think about their role in the economy  or the possibility of their competing unfairly with private enterprise.  Burton Weisbrod asks the important questions: What is the rationale for public subsidy of nonprofit organizations? In which sectors of the economy are they of real importance? Why do people contribute money and time to them and why should donations be tax deductible? What motivates managers of nonprofits? Why are these organizations exempt from taxes on income  property  and sales? When the search for revenue brings nonprofits into competition with proprietary firmsas when colleges sell computers or museum gift shops sell books and jewelryis that desirable?  Weisbrod examines the raison dtre for nonprofits. The evidence he assembles shows that nonprofits are particularly useful in situations where consumers have little information on what they are purchasing and must therefore rely on the probity of the seller.  Written in a clear  direct style without technicalities  The Nonprofit Economy is addressed to a broad audience  dealing comprehensively with what nonprofits do  how well they do it  how they are financed  and how they interact with private enterprises and government. At the same time  the book presents important new evidence on the size and composition of the nonprofit part of the economy  the relationship between financial sources and outputs  and the different roles of nonprofits and for-profit organizations in the same industries. The Nonprofit Economy will become a basic source for anyone with a serious interest in nonprofit organizations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648128507957,"sku":"ByrdShop_0674626265","price":31.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780674626263.jpg?v=1781710317","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-nonprofit-economy-9780674626263","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}