Freakonomics Radio   /     The Most Vilified Industry in America Is Also the Most Charitable

Subtitle
Pharmaceutical firms donate an enormous amount of their products (and some cash too). But it doesn't seem to be helping their reputation. We ask Pfizer's generosity chief why the company gives so much, who it really helps, and whether all this philanthro
Duration
33:21
Publishing date
2018-05-24 03:00
Link
http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/most-vilified-industry-america-also-most-charitable/
Contributors
  Stephen J. Dubner and WNYC Studios
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Enclosures
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Pharmaceutical firms donate an enormous amount of their products (and some cash too). But it doesn't seem to be helping their reputation. We ask Pfizer's generosity chief why the company gives so much, who it really helps, and whether all this philanthropy is just corporate whitewashing.