Uhh… that shouldn’t happen from just re-plotting the same data. In fact, how is it that in the original graph, there is an increase from $400,000 to $620,000, but in the new linear axis graph, there is a decrease?
So, there was a discrepancy between the data provided for the paper and the graph in the paper itself. The graph plotted above used the data provided. I’m not sure what else to say without contacting the journal itself.
this seems to imply that rich people shouldn’t get more money because it barely makes a difference, but this also applies to poor people as well, casting doubt on whether we should bother giving money away.
I don’t follow this. The claim is that money makes less of a difference what one might expect, not that it makes no difference. Obviously, there are reasons for and against working at, say, Goldman Sachs besides the salary. It does follow that, if you receiving money makes less of a difference than you would expect, then you giving it to other people, and them receiving it, will also make a smaller-than-anticipated difference. But, of course, you could do something else with your money that could be more effective than giving it away as cash—bednets, deworming, therapy, etc.
So, there was a discrepancy between the data provided for the paper and the graph in the paper itself. The graph plotted above used the data provided. I’m not sure what else to say without contacting the journal itself.
I don’t follow this. The claim is that money makes less of a difference what one might expect, not that it makes no difference. Obviously, there are reasons for and against working at, say, Goldman Sachs besides the salary. It does follow that, if you receiving money makes less of a difference than you would expect, then you giving it to other people, and them receiving it, will also make a smaller-than-anticipated difference. But, of course, you could do something else with your money that could be more effective than giving it away as cash—bednets, deworming, therapy, etc.