CGD in the News
Want to Improve Health Care? Spend Less on It (Bloomberg Businessweek)
Senior Fellow Charles Kenny writes his weekly column in Bloomberg Businessweek on why Americans get terrible value for money from their health spending.
Why You Shouldn't Stop Buying From Bangladesh (Bloomberg Businessweek)
Senior Fellow Charles Kenny writes his weekly column in Bloomberg Businessweek on why improving worker safety is a better alternative to trade sanctions following the recent collapse of a factory in Bangladesh.
Why Ending Extreme Poverty Isn't Good Enough (Bloomberg Businessweek)
Senior Fellow Charles Kenny writes his weekly column in Bloomberg Businessweek on why the global community should fight poverty until all people live on a decent income, not until extreme poverty has been eradicated.
Give Sam Walton the Nobel Prize (Foreign Policy)
Senior Fellow Charles Kenny writes an op-ed on how Walmart may have done more for poor consumers around the world than any other business in American history.
How Did the World's Rich Get That Way? Luck (Bloomberg Businessweek)
Senior Fellow Charles Kenny writes his weekly column in Bloomberg Businessweek on why luck overwhelmingly why the rich are rich while the poor are poor.
The Economic Case Against Tax Deductions (Bloomerbeg Businessweek)
Senior Fellow Charles Kenny writes his weekly column in Bloomberg Businessweek on how removing tax deductions and exemptions would reduce tax rates, reverse the impact of the sequester, or draw down the deficit-all at once.
Is Small Government the Answer? Lessons From Rwanda (Bloomberg Businessweek)
Senior Fellow Charles Kenny writes his weekly column in Bloomberg Businessweek on why cuts to federal spending might not deliver services more efficiently and produce greater returns on taxpayers’ money.
World Bank Aims to End Extreme Poverty by 2030 (IPS)
Following a recent speech in Washington by World Bank President Jim Kim, Senior Fellow Charles Kenny is quoted in an IPS article on the new the direction of the World Bank.
The Global Gay-Rights Revolution (Bloomberg Businessweek)
Senior Fellow Charles Kenny writes his weekly column in Bloomberg Businessweek on the growing global acceptance of gay rights.
It's Time to Reform USAID (Bloomberg Businessweek)
Senior Fellow Charles Kenny writes his weekly column in Bloomberg Businessweek on the need to reform USAID in order to truly help the world's poor.