I’m not really interested in dismissing growth as a cause area. (I am annoyed at how little EAs mechanize it beyond “advocate for policies --> ??? --> growth”, but I’m going to write that up soon!) I wrote this because I think people who advocate for growth largely ignore inequality and should discount growth heavily because of inequality. If growth still beats targeted interventions after that heavy discounting, then so be it.
I’m not really interested in dismissing growth as a cause area. (I am annoyed at how little EAs mechanize it beyond “advocate for policies --> ??? --> growth”, but I’m going to write that up soon!) I wrote this because I think people who advocate for growth largely ignore inequality and should discount growth heavily because of inequality. If growth still beats targeted interventions after that heavy discounting, then so be it.
That makes sense! I was interpreting your post and comment as a bit more categorical than was probably intended. Looking forward to your post.