What you get for your dollar, “Effective Altruism” — What it is, how philanthropic foundations use it and what are its risks and side-effects

Karolin Seitz (2019) C2
This briefing paper provides an overview of the approach underlying EA, how and by whom it is applied and its problems and consequences. It concludes that policy makers, rather than be guided by its assumptions and conclusions, must instead concentrate on understand-ing the confounding structural causes of interdependent global challenges and aim at their long-term solution, within an overarching human rights framework.