- Published: 3 January 2024
- ISBN: 9781685890223
- Imprint: Melville House
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 272
- RRP: $65.00
The Price of Humanity
How Philanthropy Went Wrong—And How to Fix It

















- Published: 3 January 2024
- ISBN: 9781685890223
- Imprint: Melville House
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 272
- RRP: $65.00
"Absolutely essential reading for anyone working in or involved in philanthropy today."—Anne Helen Petersen, author of Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation
"Clear-headed, impassioned and lively ... [an] articulate, knowledgeable take on a complex subject. What makes it so entertaining are the well-chosen examples and the humor that inflects, whenever possible, the author's earned indignation." —Phillip Lopate, author of Getting Personal
"In The Price of Humanity, Amy Schiller takes an unpromising subject and infuses it with passion, warmth, and humor. What does it mean to live a human life, she asks—and what does it mean to make one possible for others? How can we love humanity in a way that honors our own? This book provides a pithy, personable guide."
—William Deresiewicz, author of Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite
"This is a magical book. It is an enthralling experience, made all the more by Amy Schiller’s distinctive voice: wise, skeptical, delighted, hilarious, grounded, joyous, sharp, and shrewd, so much in love with the humanity, and the individuals, who move across her pages." —Corey Robin, author of The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edward Burke to Donald Trump