You have probably read everything you want to about Warren Buffett's decision to donate about $37 billion (£20 billion) to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. (If not, go read what my colleague Ruth Levine has written on our global development policy blog, Views from the Center.) I offer two Read more…
G and I saw Radiohead on Friday evening. The Greek Theater in Berkeley is a very intimate setting – the audience is close to the stage, and you can sit on concrete seats or on the grass. I felt a bit old as I tucked my earplugs into my bag Read more…
I have got a blog post up at the Center for Global Development blog, Views from the Center, saying that we have got a long way to go.
Out now. My Dad is in again.
The war in Uganda has displaced millions of people, including thousands of youths kidnapped by rebel forces. Many of these amazing young men and women have terrible stories and are striving for a better life. If you want to help them fulfil their potential, please make a small donation by Read more…
A joint project linking the Brookings Institution, the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Center for Global Development presented recommendations for transforming U.S. foreign assistance this morning. The recommendation is for a new government department for global development, based on the British model for development policy. (Full disclosure: Read more…
It is irritating to see opponents of abortion seeking to restrict abortion by opportunistically using arguments which they think are superficially persuasive but which bear no relationship to their real views and which they know to be irrelevant. There are people who believe that a human foetus is a human Read more…
Five hundred economists have signed an open letter on immigration. These include five Nobel Laureates—Thomas C. Schelling, Robert Lucas, Daniel McFadden, Vernon Smith and James Heckman. And, for what it is worth, me. The letter says: We must not forget that the gains to immigrants coming to the United States Read more…
Whales. The whale-hunters might or might not start hunting a species that is not endangered.
Tim being away, this week’s round-up has been ably compiled by the Devil.