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Bjørn Lomborg
Bjørn Lomborg is the author of The Skeptical Environmentalist and Cool It, subject of the film Cool It, director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center, and adjunct professor at Copenhagen Business School.
Articles By Bjørn Lomborg
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Is Family Planning the Most Important Investment We Can Make?
Slate readers think so.
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The Thorny Issue of Population Growth
Life expectancy is up and poverty is down worldwide, even with our rapidly expanding global population. Are our fears of catastrophe overblown?
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Your Priorities for Fixing Hunger, Disease, and Sanitation
Slate readers choose their favorite solutions for the world’s biggest problems.
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Developing the Smartphone of Toilets
More than 2.5 billion lack basic sanitation. We can fix that.
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Tobacco Taxes, Micronutrients, and Better Immunizations
Slate readers choose their favorite solutions for the world’s biggest problems.
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Malaria Is Making a Comeback
But making sure new drugs are affordable for poor countries is still a cheap way to save hundreds of thousands of children.
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Do We Really Need To Reduce Salt Consumption?
Slate readers debate the Copenhagen Consensus priorities for fighting chronic disease.
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The High Cost of Heart Disease and Cancer
Malaria, AIDS, and tuberculosis get all the attention in the developing world. But chronic diseases kill more people.
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Your Priorities for Fixing Hunger
Slate readers respond to the Copenhagen Consensus ideas to solve malnutrition.
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How To Get Food on Every Table
We have enough food to feed everyone. But we need to produce even more. Here’s why.
