Émile P. Torres / TruthdigMar 30, 2023
Effective Altruism’s metrics-driven model of philanthropy is elitist, condescending and — most damning of all — extremely ineffective. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )
Alexander Zaitchik / TruthdigMar 30, 2023
Seventy-five years ago in Chicago, a conservative project was hatched to cure classical economics of its aversion to patents and monopolies. The drug companies were its first and biggest beneficiaries. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )
Patrick Rucker, Maya Miller, and David Armstrong / ProPublicaMar 27, 2023
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Julia Rosen / The MarkupMar 24, 2023
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services plans to breakup the organ transplant monopoly. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / SubstackMar 21, 2023
Depositors in small and medium-sized banks are now fleeing to giant banks that have been deemed “too big to fail.” Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Fréderéric Mousseau and Andy Currier / African ArgumentsMar 15, 2023
The African Development Bank sides with the agro-industrial complex over farmers. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Marc Cooper / TruthdigMar 8, 2023
Journalist Marc Cooper was serving as personal translator to Chilean president Salvador Allende when the 1973 U.S.-backed coup led by Augusto Pinochet forced him to flee the country. In January, Cooper returned to Santiago to observe the country’s political situation 50 years later. He found a Chile transformed but uncertain, struggling to chart a course forward one year after the election of its first leftist government since Allende. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )
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