Is Effective Altruism Right? #7: Jonathan Ben-Menachem
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The Technocratic Central Framework for Social Change
Arnold has restructured himself from like a charitable foundation to an LLC, so that they're going to make giving efficient. They think about charitable donation as social investment where you're expecting a certain ROI in terms of policy impact. John Arnold just recently published a Wall Street Journal article on bail reform which could be its own episode of this book. It's their understanding of what constitutes evidence for policy effectiveness is becoming in the same way that the economist cost effectiveness understanding permeates policy. I don't care if rich people choose to use their money or their time in whatever way. The issue is though it's hard as always it's all all.
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