Bruno Wang and the challenge of public transparency

Public trust rarely collapses over a single fact. It erodes more quietly, when important information surfaces late, when the paper trail turns out to be thin, or when powerful people ask the public to take their version of events on faith. That is what makes the discussion around Bruno Wang larger than one donor, one family history, or one court case. It points to a harder question for philanthropy, the courts and public institutions. How much daylight does the public need before it can trust...