Re: charity and time preference

2003-06-06 Thread Richard L. white
On 6/5/03 11:22 PM, Wei Dai [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Suppose I have some money that I don't want to spend, and I'm sure I'll never want to spend it. Should I give it to charity now, or put it in an index fund and bequeath it to charity in my will? Here's my argument in favor of charitable

Re: charity and time preference

2003-06-06 Thread Richard L. white
:29:34AM -0400, Richard L. white wrote: Ignoring the utility of the money to the target charity today, e.g., food or medicine to live, But the money will have a greater utility tomorrow (since there will be more of it). Unless you think there will be less needy people in the future

Re: Interest rates and housing

2005-08-18 Thread Richard L. White
Hopefully others on Armchair are on vacation and not permanently gone. I find these exchanges fascinating and often helpful. From: ArmChair List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 3:57 AM To: ARMCHAIR-L@mail04.GMU.EDU