Why Governments Fail
The pandemic was supposed to prove the value of public health institutions like the CDC; instead, it exposed their inability to deal with a serious pandemic without serious errors. Tyler Cowen, a prof...
24 Apr 20211h 1min
The Dangers of Bad Science and Simple Solutions
Over the past decades, many social science studies have promised simple answers to complex problems. In his latest book, The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills, Singal describes ...
17 Apr 20211h 1min
When Foreign Aid Fails
Foreign aid is meant to alleviate suffering and help poor countries develop. But according to Bill Easterly, a professor of Economics at NYU, it often does the opposite. Instead of helping countries d...
10 Apr 20211h 2min
Lessons From A Pandemic
Dr. Leana Wen is fighting on the frontlines of the pandemic. She's not only taking on Covid-19, but also the rampant disinformation and political flip-flopping that turned a manageable threat into one...
3 Apr 202157min
What the West Misses About China
Most Westerners have a one-dimensional view of China, identifying it with either its economic success or its authoritarian government. Rana Mitter, a professor of modern China at Oxford University, su...
27 Mar 20211h 2min
How to Save the Internet
Clay Shirky has always been an optimist, believing in the potential of the internet to bring humanity together. But recent trends – from the spread of fake news to the rise in online vitriol – seem to...
20 Mar 20211h 2min
What You Miss About the World If You Only Study Students at Harvard
Between 2003 and 2007, 96% of participants in social psychology studies were Westerners, most of them undergraduates at American universities. As a result, much of what psychologists have come to beli...
13 Mar 202150min
Intent Matters
There is a lot of bad advice going around these days. If something bad happened to you, define yourself by your trauma. And if somebody inadvertently did something offensive, react as though they had ...
6 Mar 20211h 5min
