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	Podcast:		Future Perfect
	Episode:		Donors from beyond the grave
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:33:05
	Publish Date:		2019-06-19 04:00:00
	Description:		Billions of dollars are donated every year from the fortunes of people who’ve died but are using their wills to influence our world from beyond the grave. Some of these zombie donors left instructions that are racist, classist, or just silly. So how do we free ourselves from the grip of the undead? Ray’s book: Immortality and the Law: The Rising Power of the American Dead The case against listening to the wishes of the dead “The Bittersweet Legacy of the Buck Trust” The Baconsfield Park case, explained The New York Times investigates orphan trusts
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