New York City’s nonprofit sector, heavily funded by public money, now employs 17% of the private workforce and has seen faster wage growth than the rest of the private sector. As manufacturing and other blue‑collar ladders shrink, a government‑grant‑anchored class rises in size and influence. This shifts urban power and budget priorities from production to administration and advocacy.
— It reframes big‑city politics as dominated by a state–nonprofit complex with self‑reinforcing incentives, affecting policy, accountability, and class structure.
Arnold Kling
2025.08.17
100% relevant
Armin Rosen’s data: $20B in NYC public money to nonprofits (2021), Chhaya’s $595k in grants (2019), and 17% of private employment in nonprofits with faster wage growth.
Helen Dale
2025.08.14
70% relevant
The claim that progressivism’s core project is inserting the PMC into resource flows aligns with the documented rise of a state–nonprofit complex living off public funding; 'dominion capital' offers a mechanism for that expansion.
John Carter
2025.04.29
50% relevant
The piece claims Ottawa’s solid Liberal vote comes from 'regime client groups' (public employees, migrants, boomers) and argues clientelism dominates democratic incentives, echoing the existing idea that a publicly funded nonprofit/public-sector class can shape urban politics and budgets.