Are Cash Transfers Overrated?
Response to the recent post "GiveDirectly? Not So Fast."
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Structural Revolution and the Social Sector
How field-level strategies could help shift the social sector toward a relentless focus on maximizing impact.
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A focus on innovation can be an impediment to genuine progress in the food system.
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The three types of data foundations need—and how they must use them.
GiveDirectly? Not So Fast.
We are mistaking an important experiment for a proven solution.
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The Elitist Philanthropy of So-Called Effective Altruism
The superficially enticing “logic” of effective altruism ultimately leads to a moralistic, hyper-rationalistic, top-down approach to philanthropy that can kill the very altruistic spirit it claims to foster.
The Trouble With Impact Investing: P1
There’s only one bottom line. It ought to be impact.
No art? No social change. No innovation economy.
America must invest in art and imaginative capacity.