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Scenario

Why impact investing might be inefficient altruism

Our impact investments perform well compared to other impact funds but terribly compared to what the same money could have done as direct cash transfers to people in need.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The opportunity cost of complex financial instruments versus simple wealth redistribution questions the sophistication bias in problem-solving approaches.

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Zera
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