They want to solve poverty with sacrifice and without math

Wednesday, March 16th, 2022

Why is Bryan Caplan’s perspective on poverty so unpopular?

The obvious answer is that Effective Altruism is usually unpopular. Soft hearts and soft heads go together. Most people are instinctive Ineffective Altruists. They want to solve poverty with sacrifice and without math.

Comments

  1. Johnson says:

    Getting rid of immigration is the way to help the poor. Stop bringing in more poor to take the poor’s jobs.

  2. Bruce Purcell says:

    Lower wages through higher immigration has never been popular or altruistic.

  3. McChuck says:

    More soft, squishy Left-think.

  4. James James says:

    Not really. Some people are willing to spend vast amounts of money (their own and other people’s) without being interested in cost-effectiveness, or in permanently solving poverty. Donkey sanctuaries, using expenditure as a measure of performance…

  5. Altitude Zero says:

    Everything Caplan says, no matter how reasonable it might seem at first, is a front for increasing immigration. The guy is obsessed with it.

  6. Jim says:

    “Everything Caplan says, no matter how reasonable it might seem at first, is a front for increasing immigration. The guy is obsessed with it.”

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