Thanks for pointing out the broken links! They should be fixed now.
The relevant sentence from the first example:
There is this very, very old puzzle/observation in economics about the lawyer who spends an hour volunteering at the soup kitchen, instead of working an extra hour and donating the money to hire someone to work for five hours at the soup kitchen.
I read both of these as discussing average salaries, although you’re right no one says so explicitly. If everyone is already thinking on the margin and occasionally writing in unclear ways, then great.
Thanks for pointing out the broken links! They should be fixed now.
The relevant sentence from the first example:
There’s some discussion between me and some others on the kidney donation post that I think is also pretty clear. http://effective-altruism.com/ea/ay/kidney_donation_is_a_reasonable_choice_for/1ex
I read both of these as discussing average salaries, although you’re right no one says so explicitly. If everyone is already thinking on the margin and occasionally writing in unclear ways, then great.
I see, I didn’t look at the comments section. I agree that there people are talking about average wage.