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I would have thought that the Gates foundation was an excellent example of how to spent money well: after an enormous amount of research on determining what pro

by joppy 6y ago

I would have thought that the Gates foundation was an excellent example of how to spent money well: after an enormous amount of research on determining what problems are priorities, and the most efficient (in terms of bang per buck) ways to fix them. I think it is probably best to not look at it through a capitalist or libertarian lens, and actually look at where the money is going, what it is doing, and how effectively it is doing it.

wombatmobile 6y ago
> I would have thought that the Gates foundation was an excellent example of how to spent money well Spending money on research and development programs with beneficial public health outcomes sounds good, unless you are a non-Gates backed researcher who has been working in the field for a long time and loses access to clinical facilities, data, and competitive grant funding because you get usurped by an organisation that has more political and economic influence than your NGO.