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Bad Charities Don't Die Like Bad Businesses

Because in business the beneficiaries of a product are also the people paying for it, bad products fail in a functioning market; but in nonprofits the beneficiaries are separate from the funders, so there is a disconnect between funding success and program quality, meaning bad charities don't die nearly often enough.

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Speaker

Will MacAskill

Evidence Quote

the sad fact is that bad charities don't die not nearly enough

Source

228 - Doing GoodMaking Sense with Sam Harris
Created: 6/14/2026, 2:36:45 AM

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