And wasted

Wasted and stolen

Penny by penny?

Some time that they can donate

For every dollar spent, we would do just four cents worth of good.

Each dollar spent protecting them can provide benefits worth 24.

That means that every dollar of war spending has in effect been borrowed.

Economic estimates show that for every 1 spent, we would do 16 worth of good.

For every dollar given to a women's program, 20 dollars are given to men's programs.

That is the equivalent of doing about 2000 worth of good with every dollar spent.

Protecting forests is a good place to start, with every dollar spent bringing benefits worth about 10.

For every dollar spent on adaptation, we would achieve about 1.70 worth of positive changes for the planet.

In economic terms, Kyoto only does about 30 cents worth of good for each dollar spent.

Some generate amazing economic, social, and environmental benefits per dollar spent.

Some even generate a net loss, doing less than a dollar of good per dollar spent.

It would be worth nearly 3 trillion in social good yielding an enormous 34 of benefits for every dollar spent.

And it showed that for every 1 spent on Apollo, 14 came back into the U.S. economy.

Indeed, for every dollar spent on strong climate policies, we will likely do about 0.02 of good for the future.

In total, each dollar not spent on fossil fuel subsidies would provide more than 15 of planetary benefits.

These targets will do more than four times as much good per dollar spent as spending across all 169 targets would do.

Now here, on one website, one state in America, every single dollar spent by that government is searchable, is analyzable, is checkable.

In total, every dollar spent on increased migration would produce more than 45 of social good possibly more than 300.

The available evidence suggests that providing better nutrition for 68 million children each year would produce 45 in long term social benefits for every dollar spent.

The net annual benefits would run into several billion dollars, which equates to 3.60 worth of avoided climate damage for each dollar spent.

When these factors are weighed against the benefits in monetary terms, each dollar spent ending extreme poverty with cash transfers would achieve about 5 worth of social value.

Some studies have attempted to assess the implications of outsourcing on a sector and country specific basis.

Every dollar spent on these targets will likely produce 32 of social good more than four times more effective than spending on all 169.

For every dollar spent, mostly to pay off Western farmers blocking the current negotiations, the world would achieve more than 2,000 of benefits, making free trade a phenomenal investment.

Green and Galiana calculate the benefits from reduced warming and greater prosperity and conservatively conclude that for every dollar spent this approach would avoid about 11 of climate damage.

This would be easier, much less costly, and ultimately do far more good. Indeed, the Copenhagen Consensus experts discovered that for every dollar invested in Kyoto style battling climate change, we could do up to 120 times more good with in numerous other areas.

Indeed, the Copenhagen Consensus experts discovered that for every dollar invested in Kyoto style battling climate change, we could do up to 120 times more good with in numerous other areas.

Interestingly, whereas most Americans are well aware of the 700 billion price tag for restructuring banks and the 787 billion stimulus package, far less attention has been paid to the almost 1 trillion spent on the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.