Vaccines are an amazing deal in terms of lives, health-care costs saved

It’s very easy to form the view that the modern world is coming apart. We are constantly confronted with an onslaught of negativity: frightening headlines, alarming research findings, and miserable statistics.

There are indeed many things on the planet that we should be greatly concerned about. But fixating on horror stories means that we miss the bigger picture.

OPINION SEPTEMBER 27, 2011. Rethinking the Fight Against AIDS

With funding down, it is critical to identify those measures that achieve the most results for the money spent.

BY BJØRN LOMBORG AND PETER PIOT

This year, the US federal government will spend more than $61 billion in humanitarian aid for the rest of the world.
Philanthropists and charitable donors will contribute another $30 billion.
Combined, this total is more than any other country, and it helps transform lives in poor countries.
But Americans — and everyone else — can do better. Not by spending more, but by spending more smartly.