Over 100 million Americans, and possibly many more, could benefit from GLP-1 drugs. When can they expect to get them?

A veteran diplomat explains how to navigate the U.S. development ecosystem, master the interagency process, and bring electricity to 200 million people.

In international development, it’s not enough to try to do good. We need the tools to tell if a project is really working — and the incentive to end it if it’s not.

The technologies of precision livestock farming could reshape animal agriculture. How will that go for the animals?

How much can the way cities grow tell us about the economic trajectory of their countries? According to the father of modern sociology, quite a lot.

The central question of development economics is simple: how can poor countries become rich? The answer is neither small-scale, targeted interventions nor broad generalizations about growth. Instead, we should focus on firms.

Montessori classrooms don’t have much in common with the Jesuit colleges of early modern Europe. But students in both settings learn more than a core curriculum — instead they’re taught a distinctive culture. And then they pass it on.

Of course not. Here’s how leading AI labs mislead consumers, journalists, and each other.

Children across the Western world are getting less happy. If we can’t find a way to reverse the trend, it might have an outsized impact on their future.

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