Other options that the economists favored spending some of their $50 billion include providing micro-nutrients to the world’s hungry, establishing free trade, and battling malaria with mosquito nets and medication. At the other end of the scale, responses to climate change like the Kyoto Protocol would cost more than they would achieve, so the economists crossed them off the list of things to do right now.
经济学家们倾向于花费部分500亿美元的其他选项还包括为世界饥饿人口提供微观营养、建立自由贸易以及使用蚊帐和药物与霍乱作斗争。最后，类似京都议定书等对气候变化的对应措施得不偿失，所有经济学家们将它从优先清单中划掉。