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I wait for my issues of the Stanford Social Innovation Review like kids men women people wait for the next issue of Playstation Magazine. All my cheat codes are in there, my insider information, all the stuff that doesn’t come with the booklet, right at my fingertips. In fact, my gaming experience (blogging, research, self-edification) depends partially on the magazine. Four times a year (yes, only every season,) I can be sure that I’m getting socially innovative information, critical, thoughtful, pessimistic and idealistic.

This fall’s issue is no different. In fact this issue for me has been a quadrupal whammy. Writers Claude Rosenberg and Tim Stone’s feature article “A New Take on Tithing” lays out some ideas regarding charitable giving by the affluent - if it were increased to how much they could actually afford, philanthropy in the US would increase by $100 billion per year, by their calculations, funding an end to many of the world’s “most pressing problems.” The numbers themselves were harvested by the authors and The New Tithing Group, a San Fransisco philanthropic research group who has been studying the issue for eight years. It is a fascinating article.

There are many other items to highlight in this season’s issue, too many to go into, including the article “Reshaping Social Entrepreneurship”, “Did Tom’s of Maine Sell Out?”, and “The Other CSR”. Also, don’t go looking for the issue on your grocery store shelves, or even Barnes & Noble, although some may carry it. I’d recommend checking your public library or school library. They’re $12.95 a pop. A shame really, kind of speaks to lack of accessibility of this kind of information to the regular joe. My copy is up for grabs when I’m done reading it.

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