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by zozbot234 2318 days ago
Your money just goes a lot further when paying for the general provision of public goods (not just giving someone a bonus and calling it "profit sharing") in very poor countries. Some social scientists and analysts are talking about a 1000x multiplier: the social benefit of spending $1 for targeted philanthropy in poorer countries might be the same as someone in a first-world country spending $1000 on their private consumption.