Janah, Leila. "Forum Response: The Logic of Effective Altruism". The Boston Review, 6 July 2017.

Janah, Leila. "Forum Response: The Logic of Effective Altruism". The Boston Review, 6 July 2017.

• The technological innovations of the effective altruist movement have solved one of the biggest historical problems of charity, which was determining how effectively donations were being used. Organizations like GiveWell have allows this to be much more accurately calculated.
• The wealth generating altruism encouraged by the effective altruists can be troubling because it ignores the social implications of working for certain firms. Being part of a company which is participating in lobbying or financial transactions which undermine the rights of the poor results in complicity in a net negative regardless of how much of the salary is donated to charity.
• The author suggests that the most effective solutions for cost and morality would be morally business initiative, companies which hire the global poor, train them, and provide them directly with housing and medical facilities. The business side of their activities also makes them cost-effective.
• This system would also create living-wage jobs whose incomes can be taxed to provide funds for societal institutions provided by the government, meaning that this program helping the very poor also provides indirect benefits to the entire country and increased trust in the government.