Why 'earning to give' is a great option for Stanford graduates looking to do good
I think a great option to make a difference is “earning to give”. Earning to give can basically be summarized as ‘give money to the most effective charities, and maximize your impact by earning more and spending less’.
Why ‘earning to give’ is a great option for Stanford graduates looking to do good Opinion by Nick Pether April 21, 2017, 12:09 a.m. It’s less than nine weeks before I graduate, and the question of what I’m supposed to do with myself out in the real world is making itself hard to ignore. Like most people, I want to help others. It’s fairly clear that we live in an unfair and broken world. Worldwide, a billion people live on less than $2 a day (yes that is adjusted for cost of living expenses — you can buy perhaps a couple of bags of rice every day and that’s it). Close to one in 20
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