
When Will the Pandemic Cure Be Worse Than the Disease?
Apr 6, 2020 Peter Singer & Michael Plant argue that the question must be answered in terms of the ultimate currency, which is neither wealth nor health.
Michael Plant is a post-doctoral research fellow at the Wellbeing Research Centre, Oxford, and Director of the Happier Lives Institute.
Apr 6, 2020 Peter Singer & Michael Plant argue that the question must be answered in terms of the ultimate currency, which is neither wealth nor health.
May 9, 2019 Peter Singer & Michael Plant calculate the opportunity costs in human suffering of spending what will be needed to restore the cathedral.
Nov 15, 2017 Michael Plant & Peter Singer cite new research showing that governments could substantially reduce human misery at no cost.
Some have long argued that private digital money and the technology underpinning it will revolutionize finance in the long term. But with Bitcoin plunging, stablecoins collapsing, and crypto lenders freezing withdrawals, we asked PS commentators whether the industry has a future.