Happy returns

Can anyone seriously imagine the bankers and super-rich of today following the example of George Peabody?

Today is the 150th anniversary of the announcement in The Times that the American banker was donating £150,000 to form the Peabody Trust ‘to ameliorate the condition of the poor and needy’ in London.

Read the rest of this post on Inside Edge, my blog for Inside Housing.

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