The Civil Society Awards
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Manhattan Institute
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šļø 20 March 2019
ā±ļø 16 minutes
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Summary
City JournalĀ contributing editorĀ Howard HusockĀ joins associate editorĀ Seth BarronĀ to discuss the Manhattan Institute'sĀ Civil Society Awards, which recognize outstanding nonprofit leaders who develop solutions to social problems in their communities.
History has shown that free markets are the best way to organize economic activity, but a healthy society relies on charitable and philanthropic enterprises to help those in need and prepare citizens to realize their potential. To support these goals, the Manhattan Institute established the Social Entrepreneurship initiative in 2001, now known as theĀ Tocqueville Project.
At its 2019 Civil Society Awards in New York, the Manhattan Institute will honor four outstanding nonprofits with gifts of $25,000 each. Until March 27, you canĀ submit your nominations here.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the Ten Blocks podcast. This is Brian Anderson, the editor of City Journal. |
| 0:05.3 | Coming up on today's show, our associate editor, Seth Barron, talks for the Manhattan |
| 0:09.8 | Institute's Vice President for Research, Howard Hussock, about his new project, the Civil |
| 0:14.9 | Society Awards. If you've listened to some of our recent episodes, you've probably |
| 0:19.5 | heard us talk a bit about them. |
| 0:21.4 | It's a really fantastic award. |
| 0:24.2 | Four non-profit organizations from anywhere in the country will receive $25,000 each for their efforts in tackling some of our most pressing social challenges. |
| 0:34.0 | To learn more about the program, you can go to the Manhattan Institute's website or |
| 0:39.0 | simply visit www.civilsocietyawards.com. That's it for me for today. The conversation between |
| 0:47.2 | Howard and Seth begins after this. Hi, everyone. Welcome back to 10 Blocks, the official podcast of City Journal. This is your host for today, Seth Barron, |
| 1:11.9 | Associate Editor for City Journal. The Manhattan Institute is a believer in the power of ordinary |
| 1:17.9 | people to take initiative and tackle social problems. Howard Hussock is vice president |
| 1:24.2 | for research and publications at the Manhattan Institute. He directs the |
| 1:28.7 | Tockville Project and its Civil Society Awards program, which is still accepting nominations. |
| 1:34.7 | Howard, thanks for joining us. Thank you very much for having me, Seth. |
| 1:38.2 | So we hear this term a lot, but what is really meant by civil society? |
| 1:44.0 | Well, one of the ways to think about the civil |
| 1:46.7 | society that we have in the United States is to think about other societies that don't have |
| 1:52.2 | civil society. So, for instance, why does China block and censor the internet? Because the |
| 1:58.3 | Chinese government is afraid of even Little League Baseball, anything |
| 2:03.0 | that organizes independently and can be a source of independent thought, dissent, potentially |
| 2:12.9 | independent power. |
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