In concrete, practical terms, how do you envision “most of EA” being funded by governments? At least in the US context, this is very hard for me to imagine, as it runs counter to a lot of my understanding of the political economy of taxation and government spending.
I’m gonna bite because I assume you have some retort in mind, I’m curious to hear what you mean. I just meant in my ideal world, governments would levy higher taxes on individuals and corporations, and disburse the money through state-owned programmes (for things like PEPFAR, which are well-understood and benefit from huge scale and steady funding), or state-owned grantmakers (much how like USAID operated).
(I should warn you—my ideal world assumes the political will to do this. I don’t think we live in my ideal world right now.)
In concrete, practical terms, how do you envision “most of EA” being funded by governments? At least in the US context, this is very hard for me to imagine, as it runs counter to a lot of my understanding of the political economy of taxation and government spending.
I’m gonna bite because I assume you have some retort in mind, I’m curious to hear what you mean. I just meant in my ideal world, governments would levy higher taxes on individuals and corporations, and disburse the money through state-owned programmes (for things like PEPFAR, which are well-understood and benefit from huge scale and steady funding), or state-owned grantmakers (much how like USAID operated).
(I should warn you—my ideal world assumes the political will to do this. I don’t think we live in my ideal world right now.)