Michael Plant

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Michael Plant is a Ph.D. student in philosophy at the University of Oxford. His research centers on finding the best ways to improve worldwide happiness.

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The Moral Urgency of Mental Health

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Nov 15, 2017 Michael Plant & Peter Singer cite new research showing that governments could substantially reduce human misery at no cost.

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Making Retirement Work

Dec 12, 2018 Edoardo Campanella thinks that public pension benefits should be made conditional on some form of community work.

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Cities Hold the Key to Food Sustainability

Dec 12, 2018 Raj Patel shows how powerful urban interests are stymieing municipal governments' power to protect their citizens.

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The Lethal Consequences of Misclassifying Dolphins

Dec 12, 2018 Peter Singer calls on Japan's courts to stop the brutal annual slaughter of highly intelligent mammals.

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The Revolution Europe Needs

Dec 12, 2018 Guy Verhofstadt sees the Yellow Vest uprising as yet another sign that the EU needs to democratize and become sovereign.

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Who’s Afraid of China’s Influence?

Dec 12, 2018 Minxin Pei urges Western leaders to avoid overreacting to Chinese efforts to cultivate soft power.

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Condemning Khashoggi’s Killers

Dec 11, 2018 Leon Willems says the apparent state-sanctioned murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi must not go unpunished.

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The Political Roots of Falling Wage Growth

Dec 11, 2018 Jayati Ghosh says that neoliberal ideology, not trade or technology, is what accounts for stagnant wages in many countries.

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The Strengthening Case Against Trump

Dec 11, 2018 Elizabeth Drew thinks the US president's rapidly growing political, legal, and personnel problems could be coming to a head.

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