#143: Is Effective Altruism Pissing in the Wind?

- We are again joined by politics professor Jason Brownlee. - This is a continuation of our discussion with Jason from last episode (142), where he introduced Peter Singers work on effective altruism and discussed some of the positive aspects: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2016/08/21/142/ - On this episode Jason discusses some critiques of Singers effective altruism, focusing mainly on a failure to address the structural causes of poverty, such as capitalism and neoliberal institutions like the International Monetary Fund. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2016/08/30/143/