Development economist Colin Aitken unpacks the freezing of PEPFAR, whether aid programmes are effective, balancing radical altruism and concern for others with mental health, and how to think about money.
See here for a full transcript with links.
Highlights include:
00:00 Introduction
01:17 Colin's Story
04:48 How retrovirals work
07:30 How people get HIV
9:27 How bad is untreated HIV?
11:05 How PEPFAR stopped
13:14 Critiques of Aid
16:14 Effectiveness
18:44 PEPFAR's Future
20:48 How do we know it works?
26:47 How many millions may die?
33:05 Coping with Suffering
42:09 The Church
45:11 Personal Spending
53:58 Money
58:52 Effective Giving
