The New York Times > Land of Penny Pinchers by Nicholas Kristof
We're not as generous as we think we are, and if we spent the money in the right places, we could make a bigger difference for more people. Jeffrey Sachs, Bono's buddy and the leading thinker on these problems is quoted in this article:
"Jeffrey Sachs, the Columbia University economist, estimates that spending $2 billion to $3 billion on malaria might save more than one million lives a year. "This is probably the best bargain on the planet," he said."