Thinking About Punishment
An excerpt from How Trust Works on the psychology of criminal justice reform
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Zero-Problem Philanthropy
Moving away from endless problem-solving and toward creating healthy context.
Healing-Centered Funding for Systems Change
Knowledge of trauma and healing gives funders a way to expand their perspectives, do less harm, and be more effective at systems change.
Inside Oklahoma’s Innovation Rush
What two regions have learned about implementing an historic federal grant.
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Turk Wars: How AI Threatens the Workers Who Fuel It
The much-hyped AI tools of the future are being built by a globally dispersed army of data workers.
When It Comes to Promoting Prosperity, Production Beats Consumption
Development philanthropists should focus on building the productive capacity of entire countries to achieve large-scale economic transformation, rather than enabling a few individuals to increase their consumption.
A Realist’s Guide to Investing for Good
What’s the best way for small individual investors to generate returns and deliver impact? (Spoiler: It’s probably not an ESG fund.)
10 SSIR Stories on Impact Investing’s Next Phase
Ten SSIR articles that examine the growing field of impact investing from a range of perspectives, including investors, philanthropists, nonprofits, researchers, social entrepreneurs, and local communities.
The New Problem-Solving Skills That All Cities Need
If local governments are to effectively address our biggest global concerns, they’ll need to expand their skill sets.
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Evidence 2.0: The Next Era of Evidence-Based Policymaking
Five years after passage of the Evidence Act, has it worked? And what's next?