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Phil Trammell

Disciplines:
economics
oxford
ethics/longtermism
ethics/effective altruism

Summary

American-British economist — DPhil student at Oxford — associated with the Global Priorities Institute — who works on the economics of long-run welfare and patient philanthropy.

Core Contribution

Contributes to the economic theory of patient philanthropy and longtermism — his research on the economics of giving (should philanthropists give now or invest and give later) provides a formal framework for EA movement decisions about when and how to deploy capital.

Notable Works & Achievements

Academic papers on patient philanthropy and economic growth

Historical Influences

Toby Ord Will MacAskill

Intellectual Lineage

Oxford Global Priorities Institute

Contemporaries & Peers

Will MacAskill Toby Ord

Minds Influenced

Longtermist economics

Intellectual Posterity

Patient philanthropy economic theory

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