A while ago, I did a quick survey of the literature on earning to give—the pursuit of a high-earning career with the express purpose of donating a large portion of one’s earnings to high-impact charities. Given the recent interest in the topic, I thought I should turn those notes into a proper bibliography. If I’m missing anything, please let me know.
by Ben Gose
The Chronicle of Philanthropy, November 3, 2013
Sam Bankman-Fried, who will graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the spring, recently aced an internship at a finance company, and he thinks he could make a nice salary putting his math skills to work on stock-trading strategies.
But Mr. Bankman-Fried is even more keen on making the world a better place, and he’s passionate about animal rights. He has considered pursuing work at the Humane League, a charity that focuses on reducing cruelty to farm animals.
A professor of economics is planning to give a course on effective altruism in the coming academic year, and he asked me and others for a brief list of relevant scholarly writings. Here’s what I suggested [I have since revised and updated the list—PS, April 2020]:
Update April 2022: The list has now become ea.news. The post below is archived, and all future updates will be made on that site only.
What follows is a list of blogs of potential interest to effective altruists. I tried to include all blogs that either feature EA content on a regular basis or are officially linked to an existing EA organization. (Inactive blogs are listed in italics.) If you think I’m missing something, please let me know.