Dylan Matthews
Former Senior Correspondent and Lead Writer
Latest articles by Dylan Matthews
Researchers tried to get AI optimists and pessimists on the same page. It didn’t quite work.
Meet Direct File, the federal government’s TurboTax alternative. It’s not perfect, but it’s a start.
What the Samotsvety group can teach us about predicting the future.
A law professor proposes an old-fashioned remedy for very new problems: legal liability.
A fully funded IRS would bring in twice as much money as they previously thought, a Treasury report finds.
We’re not bringing back the extended child tax credit. But this deal is better than nothing.
The no good, very bad case against malaria bednets, explained.
Can special lightbulbs end the next pandemic before it starts?
Why economists are reconsidering the scale of the rise in US inequality.
The world had “flying cars” in the 1930s. We could be getting them again.