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Research & Updates
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February 2016
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America’s Recently Heralded Urban “Crime Wave” May Already Have Peaked
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February 02, 2016
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Criminal Justice Reform
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December 2015
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Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Project Staff
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December 23, 2015
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November 2015
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Should the Open Philanthropy Project be Recommending More/Larger Grants?
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November 17, 2015
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October 2015
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Why a New Study of the Mariel Boatlift Has Not Changed Our Views on the Benefits of Immigration
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October 21, 2015
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Immigration Policy
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September 2015
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Differential Technological Development: Some Early Thinking
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September 30, 2015
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Scientific Research
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September 2015
September 2015
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Incoming Program Officer: Lewis Bollard
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September 11, 2015
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Global Health & Wellbeing
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September 2015
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The Process of Hiring our First Cause-Specific Program Officer
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September 03, 2015
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September 2015
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History of Philanthropy Case Study: The Impact of Philanthropy on the Passage of the Affordable Care Act
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September 02, 2015
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History of Philanthropy
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August 2015
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Coming Down to Earth: What if a Big Geomagnetic Storm Does Hit?
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August 21, 2015
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Global Catastrophic Risks
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August 2015
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Change in our Fundraising Policy for the Open Philanthropy Project
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August 17, 2015
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August 2015
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The Long-Term Significance of Reducing Global Catastrophic Risks
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August 13, 2015
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Global Catastrophic Risks
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July 2015
July 2015
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Key Questions about Philanthropy, Part 3: Making and Evaluating Grants
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July 22, 2015
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July 2015
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Geomagnetic Storms: Using Extreme Value Theory to Gauge the Risk
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July 13, 2015
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Global Catastrophic Risks
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July 2015
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Key Questions about Philanthropy, Part 2: Choosing Focus Areas and Hiring Program Staff
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July 09, 2015
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July 2015
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Geomagnetic Storms: History’s Surprising, if Tentative, Reassurance
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July 02, 2015
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Global Catastrophic Risks
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June 2015
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Geomagnetic Storms: An Introduction to the Risk
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June 29, 2015
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Global Catastrophic Risks
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June 2015
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Key Questions about Philanthropy, Part 1: What is the Role of a Funder?
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June 23, 2015
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June 2015
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Incoming Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform: Chloe Cockburn
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June 16, 2015
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Criminal Justice Reform
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May 2015
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History of Philanthropy Case Study: Pew and Drug Safety Legislation
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May 15, 2015
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
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May 2015
May 2015
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Our Updated Agenda for Science Philanthropy
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May 06, 2015
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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April 2015
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Statement from Kaitlyn Trigger & Mike Krieger: Why We’re Partnering with the Open Philanthropy Project
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April 23, 2015
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April 2015