tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post113337392222995113..comments2023-11-24T03:20:02.361-07:00Comments on Tufte's Economics Classes Blog - A Living Textbook: The Human Fund and other Donations for the HolidaysDr. Tuftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-2072832182212583212008-05-07T10:21:00.000-06:002008-05-07T10:21:00.000-06:00And ... we need to educate people to the costs of ...And ... we need to educate people to the costs of fairness. <BR/><BR/>Fairness is great but, no one says "I need to be fair, so I'll give to charity". They reverse those: the charity is primary and the fairness is secondary. People need to recognize that by focusing on fairness they are making their charity less useful.Dr. Tuftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-63706468659423083412008-04-14T12:24:00.000-06:002008-04-14T12:24:00.000-06:00Dr. Tufte said that one should continue to give to...Dr. Tufte said that one should continue to give to their top charity until that charity has enough that it becomes the second-best charity. I never had realized or thought of that. I think people give to multiple charities for vanity, like Dr. Tufte mentioned, but also because they want to be fair and help out as many charities as they can. Unfortunately, a few dollars spread out does little Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12123732548787517799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-1135013887115783812005-12-19T10:38:00.000-07:002005-12-19T10:38:00.000-07:00Are you ready for a dose of disturbing economics?S...Are you ready for a dose of disturbing economics?<BR/><BR/>Suppose you have two charities that you like to give to, and that you can rank them best and second-best.<BR/><BR/>Now, suppose you give some money to the one that you ranked best. Can you give them enough money for the problems they address to switch your rank order? If not, you should continute to give to the best charity, meanwhile Dr. Tuftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.com