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Coats, Cash, or Aunt Carol?: Priority-setting and the purpose of donations

‘Tis the season for charitable giving, and everyone, it seems, has a request: your kid’s school wants winter coats for its annual coat drive. Your mom asks you to donate to the Cockatiel Rehabilitation Society in honor of your beloved Aunt Carol (who has volunteered there for 20 years). GiveDirectly wants you to donate so […]

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Dec 29, 2017 by Jennifer Rubenstein
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