The Case for Drone Cargo Ships

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1. Why don’t we have unmanned cargo ships?

By Amar Toor in the Verge

2. Can we pay parents to lift their children — and themselves — out of poverty?

By Chris Peak in NationSwell

3. Bring back house calls.

By Sandeep Jauhar in the New York Times

4. “Catastrophe bonds” could raise money to fight pandemics before they grow out of control.

By Larry Summers in his blog

5. In Europe and at home, here’s the case for opening borders.

By Bryan Caplan in Time

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