Charles Kenny

Charles Kenny is the director of technology and development and a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development and the author, most recently, of The Plague Cycle: The Unending War Between Humanity and Infectious Disease.

Articles by Charles Kenny

U.S. President Joe Biden attends a meeting on the Build Back Better World program at the United Nations Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, on Nov. 2, 2021.

Biden’s Foreign Aid Is Funding the Washington Bubble

Argument

Charles Kenny, Scott Morris

May 6, 2022, 11:53 AM

Health care workers in Lagos, Nigeria

5 Reasons to Be Optimistic About 2022

Analysis

December 27, 2021, 6:00 AM

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The River That Swallows All Dams

Report

Charles Kenny, John Norris

May 8, 2015, 11:09 AM

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Learning Curve

In Box

March 12, 2014, 9:57 PM

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Marx Is Back

The Optimist

January 21, 2014, 6:20 PM

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Linked Out

The Optimist

December 4, 2013, 10:14 PM

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Barriers to Entry

The Optimist

September 3, 2013, 1:35 PM

Jawad Jalali/AFP/Getty Images

Can Silicon Valley Save the World?

Argument

Charles Kenny, Justin Sandefur

June 24, 2013, 4:54 AM

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Give Sam Walton the Nobel Prize

The Optimist

April 29, 2013, 3:00 AM

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The Case for Big Brother

The Optimist

March 4, 2013, 12:55 AM

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The Convergence of Civilizations

The Optimist

January 2, 2013, 3:09 AM

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Work More, Make More?

The Optimist

October 8, 2012, 1:48 AM

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In Praise of Slums

The Optimist

August 13, 2012, 1:57 AM

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Wealth of Nations

The Optimist

June 18, 2012, 1:39 AM

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Dumb and Dumber

The Optimist

April 30, 2012, 11:00 PM

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