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Dylan Matthews

Dylan Matthews

Former Senior Correspondent and Lead Writer

    Latest articles by Dylan Matthews

    Future Perfect
    We tried to predict what would happen in 2019. Here’s what we got right and wrong.We tried to predict what would happen in 2019. Here’s what we got right and wrong.
    Future Perfect

    We were right about the US avoiding recession and wrong about Brexit.

    By Dylan Matthews and Kelsey Piper
    Future Perfect
    The 11 most-read Future Perfect articles of 2019The 11 most-read Future Perfect articles of 2019
    Future Perfect

    Our best of the year, from meatless meat to global warming to the rise of artificial intelligence.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Looking back at the tumultuous 2010s
    The 2010s featured a lot of great social science. Here are my 12 favorite studies.The 2010s featured a lot of great social science. Here are my 12 favorite studies.
    Looking back at the tumultuous 2010s

    What economists, political scientists, sociologists, and philosophers taught me about the world in the 2010s.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Life
    The case against ottersThe case against otters
    Life

    Otters are necrophilic, bestiality-inclined rapists and murderers who regularly kidnap children and spread swine flu.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Future Perfect
    A US charity just did something radical: asked recipients where the money should goA US charity just did something radical: asked recipients where the money should go
    Future Perfect

    GiveWell’s “moral weights” project changed how the organization recommends top charities.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Future Perfect
    Factory farms abuse workers, animals, and the environment. Cory Booker has a plan to stop them.Factory farms abuse workers, animals, and the environment. Cory Booker has a plan to stop them.
    Future Perfect

    He would impose a moratorium on the biggest factory farm polluters.

    By Dylan Matthews
    3 winners and 4 losers from the December Democratic debate
    Politics

    Winners: Joe Biden, Amy Klobuchar. Loser: Pete Buttigieg.

    By Andrew Prokop, Anna North and 4 more
    Future Perfect
    Mitt Romney and Michael Bennet just unveiled a basic income plan for kidsMitt Romney and Michael Bennet just unveiled a basic income plan for kids
    Future Perfect

    There is now a bipartisan bill for a child allowance.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    Paul Volcker, the most important Fed chair of the 20th century, has diedPaul Volcker, the most important Fed chair of the 20th century, has died
    Politics

    Volcker caused two recessions — and ended the 1970s era of high inflation in the US.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Future Perfect
    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
    Future Perfect

    Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo are immigrants themselves — and they both think the evidence shows we need more people like them.

    By Dylan Matthews