Virtual Roundtable on How We Should Understand the History of the Hewlett Foundation
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Virtual Roundtable on How We Should Understand the History of the Hewlett Foundation

Editors’ Note: This July, Inderjeet Parmar published a HistPhil post summarizing the “sharply critical [journal] article” on the Hewlett Foundation that he had written as part of a special section on “The Pathologies of Philanthropy,” edited by Arun Kumar, Sally Brooks, and Jessie Sklair, published in Economy and Society the prior month. In this Economy and Society piece, … Continue reading

Inderjeet Parmar on the Hewlett Foundation
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Inderjeet Parmar on the Hewlett Foundation

Editors’ Note: In this post, Inderjeet Parmar summarizes a journal article he wrote on the Hewlett Foundation, as part of a special section on “The Pathologies of Philanthropy,” edited by Arun Kumar, Sally Brooks, and Jessie Sklair, published in Economy and Society in June 2026. As Parmar notes: “Evidence presented in the main article underscores a damning … Continue reading