I understand what you’re saying but if the norm was to build and enjoy wealth and give when you’re gone, there is no “earlier”. It’s a flow of money within and between populations. Now there is the question of whether there is more wealth building if more vs less people have it over a single lifetime. I’m interested in where all of these “sweet spots” are and converge.
I’m not sure that’s how time works, I don’t see that scaling makes any difference.
If wealth-building wasn’t just wealth-hoarding (which is the most lucrative way of wealth building that we have at present—see Thomas Piketty r>g) this might be a worthwhile approach—thinking about who is a better steward of the investment (I think an excess of paternalism might be playing a part in this assessment) but wealth-hoarding results in greater inequality, which is what we’re trying to avoid, surely, with charitable giving.
I agree though that there is probably a sweet-spot.
I understand what you’re saying but if the norm was to build and enjoy wealth and give when you’re gone, there is no “earlier”. It’s a flow of money within and between populations. Now there is the question of whether there is more wealth building if more vs less people have it over a single lifetime. I’m interested in where all of these “sweet spots” are and converge.
I’m not sure that’s how time works, I don’t see that scaling makes any difference.
If wealth-building wasn’t just wealth-hoarding (which is the most lucrative way of wealth building that we have at present—see Thomas Piketty r>g) this might be a worthwhile approach—thinking about who is a better steward of the investment (I think an excess of paternalism might be playing a part in this assessment) but wealth-hoarding results in greater inequality, which is what we’re trying to avoid, surely, with charitable giving.
I agree though that there is probably a sweet-spot.