An argument for ‘both/and’

Hats off to Alliance for its March 2009 ‘focus’ piece on the merits of an ‘either/or’ approach for social investors and philanthropists who seek to address important global challenges. The authors do a commendable job of arguing the relative strengths of such approaches to admittedly difficult questions, eg whether (1) public policy advocacy or (2) direct action is the more effective approach to addressing global warming.