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Future Perfect Archive

Archives for December 2019

How McKinsey infiltrated the world of global public health
Science

The Gates Foundation brought billions of dollars to the sector — and a business-friendly ethos consultants could exploit.

By Julia Belluz and Marine Buissonniere
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India just redefined its citizenship criteria to exclude MuslimsIndia just redefined its citizenship criteria to exclude Muslims
Future Perfect

With a new law — and massive new detention camps — the country is undermining its status as a democracy.

By Sigal Samuel
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Air pollution is much more harmful than you knowAir pollution is much more harmful than you know
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The Trump administration is making a bad problem worse.

By Matthew Yglesias
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The Nobel went to economists who changed how we help the poor. But some critics oppose their big idea.The Nobel went to economists who changed how we help the poor. But some critics oppose their big idea.
Future Perfect

Randomized controlled trials and the debate over them, explained.

By Kelsey Piper
Vouchers can help the poor find homes. But landlords often won’t accept them.
Future Perfect

Why discrimination against voucher holders is a big problem.

By Stephanie Wykstra
Looking back at the tumultuous 2010s
The species the world lost this decadeThe species the world lost this decade
Looking back at the tumultuous 2010s

This decade has made it clear: Humans are killing Earth’s great biodiversity.

By Brian Resnick
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2 Nobel-winning economists speak out on our big economic problem: not enough immigration2 Nobel-winning economists speak out on our big economic problem: not enough immigration
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Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo are immigrants themselves — and they both think the evidence shows we need more people like them.

By Dylan Matthews
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Peter Singer on the lives you can savePeter Singer on the lives you can save
Podcast
Future Perfect

Why living ethically is so incredibly difficult.

By Ezra Klein
Technology
The Gates Foundation has enormous impact. Its CEO leaving could have an enormous impact, too.The Gates Foundation has enormous impact. Its CEO leaving could have an enormous impact, too.
Technology

Sue Desmond-Hellmann has helped Bill Gates spend $5 billion a year.

By Theodore Schleifer
Podcasts
When doing the right thing makes you a criminalWhen doing the right thing makes you a criminal
Podcast
Podcasts

Wayne Hsiung has spent the last half decade rescuing sick, dying animals from factory farms. Now, he’s facing prison time of up to 60 years.

By Ezra Klein
Climate
Scientists have gotten predictions of global warming right since the 1970sScientists have gotten predictions of global warming right since the 1970s
Climate

The first systematic review finds that climate models have been remarkably accurate.

By David Roberts
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Replacing beef with chicken isn’t as good for the planet as you thinkReplacing beef with chicken isn’t as good for the planet as you think
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What the advice to replace beef with chicken in your diet is missing.

By Leah Garces