The Good Fight

Charles Kenny on the Material Progress of the Developing World

Jan 21, 2023

55:38

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The Ideology of Effective Altruism

04:33

We Really Must Maximize the Impact of Early Dollar No Real Must

02:54

Global Development and the Stuff Challenges

01:43

Introduction

4min

How Much Progress Has the World Made Over the Course of Our Lives?

3min

The Importance of Vaccines in Children's Health

3min

Global Development and the Stuff Challenges

2min

Are You Comparing Us to 50 or 100 Years Ago?

3min

I Think It's a Speculative Question

2min

Are You Risk Averse?

2min

The Risks of GM and Nuclear and Nuclear Fission

2min

Genetically Modified Crops

2min

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Is Development Aid a Waste?

6min

11.

The Debate on Development Aid in the United States

4min

12.

The Ideology of Effective Altruism

5min

13.

We Really Must Maximize the Impact of Early Dollar No Real Must

3min

14.

The Gates Foundation Is an Interesting Case Study

2min

15.

I Think We're in a Better Place Than We Might Expect

2min

16.

The Mother of All Stuff Problems

5min

17.

The Good Fight Podcast

3min

Charles Kenny is a writer-researcher and a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development. Previously, he spent fifteen years as an economist at the World Bank. His books include The Plague Cycle: The Unending War Between Humanity and Infectious Disease and The Upside of Down: Why the Rise of the Rest is Good for the West.

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Charles Kenny discuss why development aid is more effective than its critics claim; why it is easier to solve "stuff" problems than it is to solve "non-stuff" problems; and why effective altruists need to start thinking bigger.

This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.

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