Alternatively, the government could begin a program to take on the most cost-effective global interventions.

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To begin, it might be similar to GiveWell, comparing different existing charities and causes.

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But eventually, this would be an opportunity for the US government to create a dynamic institution that can shift it’s priorities and funding as it cost-effectiveness changes or as our understanding of what matters evolves.

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Earmarking government funds for an institution like this makes much more sense to me than earmarking for one specific cause or issue (like Malaria, for example).

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This institution would be able to easily adjust it’s focus to the most tractable and important concern without the need to assume that one specific issue will be

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