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Corruption last year cost the world more than one trillion dollars. That is a trillion dollars we can’t use to get better health care, education, food and environment. And…

Karl T. Muth explains his proposal to use a "hate crime" framework in police brutality cases. There is substantial momentum in public sentiment – particularly in urban areas of…

Karl T. Muth examines whether the mere belief in climate change - regardless of the science - is enough to move markets. The climate change debate is fascinating to me because it…

The latest research from The Post-2015 Consensus' asks what is the best way to reduce waste and increase food security? Almost one-quarter of all food in the world is lost…

The Copenhagen Consensus Center has just released its latest research on Poverty targets for the post-2015 development agenda. Extreme poverty – or living on less than $1.25…

…and it would not change much, neither to the West’s overall relationship with the country nor to Tehran’s regional role. That is, of course, too simplistic a view on what would…

The latest research series from The Post-2015 Consensus' asks how we can feed the over 800 million people who go to bed hungry every night. The world faces many problems, and…

Karl Muth explores the seasonal determinants of violence in Chicago. My friend Tom Kirk and I spent some time exploring Chicago two summers ago. At the time, we both had recent…

The thirteenth research series from The Post-2015 Consensus' asks how we can improve women’s health and save more than 14m children from dying before 2030? We have…

Karl Muth on the importance of measuring the unmeasurable. Conceptual measurement is enormously important in public policy. Many policy decisions are made on the basis of things…