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Ending the Exaggeration of Aid: A Modest Proposal
The current rules for counting loans in the aid statistics are a mess. Owen Barder and…
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Finding a cure for Ebola
The lessons of Ebola: first, set sensible cost-effectiveness thresholds for investments in global health, and so…
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The development agency of the future
The International Development Committee of the British House of Commons has asked: Does a stand-alone Department…
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Why “beyond aid” matters
In evidence for the House of Commons International Development Committee, we argue that “beyond aid” policies…
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A Global Carbon Tax or Cap-and-Trade? The Economic Arguments
If you could choose how to curb greenhouse gas emissions, would you choose a carbon tax…
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What Is Good about the Good Country Index?
The Good Country Index (GCI), aiming “to measure what each country on earth contributes to the…
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Why are taxes on capital income lower than taxes on labour income?
If we want to raise the share of national income going to labour, we could start…
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The mother of Parliaments
I’m sorry to see The Economist make the lazy mistake of thinking that the phrase “mother…
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Google and the Trolley Problem
Driverless vehicles will be guided by algorithms programmed in advance. How should they weigh up the…
