From the article:
If you suddenly found yourself with a fortune to give away, this is what might happen. First, you'd go out and talk to a lot of smart people about how to have an impact with your money. Second, you might quickly come to see that your dollars will go further if you try to help people in poor countries rather than rich countries. Third, you could next realize that the capacity of private philanthropy to make a difference in people's lives is small compared to the power of national governments and international organizations to effect change through aid, trade, and finance. So, fourth, you might well cast about for policy groups to fund who know how to influence these big entities.
Which means that, fifth, you'd probably one day find yourself on the doorstep of the Center for Global Development, the premier policy shop working to reduce global poverty. And if you were smart, you'd start writing this outfit some very big checks as part of your giving.
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