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Dylan Matthews

Dylan Matthews

Former Senior Correspondent and Lead Writer

    Latest articles by Dylan Matthews

    Future Perfect
    Have we been thinking about economic growth all wrong?Have we been thinking about economic growth all wrong?
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    An economist’s daring theory: Our progress has always been more gradual, and less impressive, than we hoped.

    By Dylan Matthews
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    An expert on why wars start, and how to prevent themAn expert on why wars start, and how to prevent them
    Podcast
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    The key to understanding war: It’s the exception, not the rule.

    By Dylan Matthews
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    Who killed the expanded child tax credit?Who killed the expanded child tax credit?
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    Joe Manchin dealt the final blow. But the reasons it lapsed are deeper than one man.

    By Dylan Matthews
    The IRS has a big opportunity to fix the way Americans file taxes
    Politics

    You shouldn’t need TurboTax to file your taxes. The IRS can and should make its own service.

    By Dylan Matthews
    How I (and US policymakers) got inflation wrong
    Politics

    Bad takes, revisited.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    They warned about pandemics before Covid-19. Now they have a $100 billion plan to stop the next one.They warned about pandemics before Covid-19. Now they have a $100 billion plan to stop the next one.
    Politics

    2003’s most famous politicians are begging the US to stop ignoring biosecurity.

    By Dylan Matthews
    How to test and trace a virus we haven’t discovered yet
    Future Perfect

    We have the technology to ensure the next outbreak doesn’t become another Covid-19.

    By Dylan Matthews
    We need to be developing vaccines for the next pandemic — right now
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    Scientists have a strong idea of which types of viruses could cause an outbreak. We can fund vaccines and treatments for them now.

    By Dylan Matthews
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    Congress’s epic pandemic funding failureCongress’s epic pandemic funding failure
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    The PREVENT Pandemics Act is a good bill. It isn’t enough to prevent pandemics.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Climate
    The biggest funder of anti-nuclear war programs is taking its money awayThe biggest funder of anti-nuclear war programs is taking its money away
    Climate

    At the worst possible time.

    By Dylan Matthews