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In case it's useful, Founders Pledge wrote a report last year [November, 2021] that in large part is focused on the implications of Bezos' climate spending (Navigating the changing landscape of climate philanthropy):
Climate philanthropy by foundations was at roughly $2b last year and is poised to increase significantly, probably almost doubling this year, with large new pledges (such as Bezos’ Earth Fund) coming into effect.
It gives breakdowns by regions and sectors based on Climate Works' 2021 funding trends and adding on top in-house estimates of B...
Another Bloomberg article to add context [original; non-paywalled].
(As an outsider, setting FTX+Alameda=$2 seems crazy low? But asset breakdown here seems useful)
...[SBF] looked poised to leverage his fortune — $26 billion at its peak — to shape the world, donating millions to Democrats and promising that one day he’d give it all away to political causes and charity.
Bankman-Fried’s 53% stake in FTX was worth about $6.2 billion before Tuesday’s takeover, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, based on that fundraising round and the su
Hypothetically, let's just say I own a business, Andromeda Research, with $500 million of assets and about 8 billion of outstanding liabilities? How much would you pay to acquire this concern? Perhaps $1 might seem quite a lot, in context?
This was a really interesting read, thank you for putting together such an extensive resource! I've also been thinking about how to apply complexity economics to EA and great to hear others are into this.
Adding to the resources:
- Doyne Farmer is currently writing a book on Complexity Economics and you can read the introduction here. I also imagine it will draw a lot from this talk.
- Granovetter's (1985) "Economic Action and Social Structure: The Problem of Embeddedness" is a great paper, which is what led me to be interested in network theory and complexity st
Thanks for such a great write-up!
The link suggests that the estimated study completion date was April 30, 2023. I couldn't find preliminary results anywhere but I found a talk about it here. It noted that they don't expect Phase 2 –when they actually measure patient outcomes– to end until June 20... (read more)