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Dylan Matthews

Dylan Matthews

Senior Correspondent and Lead Writer

Dylan Matthews has since 2018 served as a senior correspondent and head writer for Future Perfect, Vox’s section that tells stories about people and institutions trying to do the most good for the world they can. He is particularly interested in global health and pandemic prevention, anti-poverty efforts in the US and abroad, economic policy and theory, and conflicts about the right way to do philanthropy.

Dylan joined Vox as one of our first three employees in February 2014, and has been here ever since, writing about everything from furries to foreign aid. In the distant past, he wrote for the Washington Post, the New Republic, The American Prospect, and Slate. He co-hosted The Weeds podcast, and can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter at @dylanmatt.

Ethics Statement

Future Perfect coverage may include stories about organizations that writers have made personal donations to. This does not in any way affect the editorial independence of our coverage, and this information will be disclosed clearly when relevant.

Future Perfect is supported in part by grants from foundations and individual donors. Future Perfect prizes its editorial independence, and all editorial decisions are made separately from fundraising and commercial considerations. See Vox’s ethics and guidelines for more.

Latest articles by Dylan Matthews

Future Perfect
The right refuses to take AI seriouslyThe right refuses to take AI seriously
Future Perfect

Republicans are gutting the safety net as job-killing mass automation looms.

By Dylan Matthews
Policy
The big, bad bond market could derail Trump’s big, beautiful billThe big, bad bond market could derail Trump’s big, beautiful bill
Policy

Trump wants to blow a $3 trillion hole in the budget. The bond market is saying “no way.”

By Dylan Matthews
Policy
The reconciliation bill is Republicans doing what they do bestThe reconciliation bill is Republicans doing what they do best
Policy

The GOP remains a conspiracy to steal from the poor and give to the rich.

By Dylan Matthews
Future Perfect
How to save 400,000 babies a yearHow to save 400,000 babies a year
Future Perfect

We can keep saving lives when foreign aid is dying.

By Dylan Matthews
Future Perfect
The future to fighting airborne viruses is in…lamps?The future to fighting airborne viruses is in…lamps?
Future Perfect

How to block the next Covid in mid-air.

By Dylan Matthews
Future Perfect
Why humans are still much better than AI at forecasting the futureWhy humans are still much better than AI at forecasting the future
Future Perfect

AI is the future. It just can’t predict it.

By Dylan Matthews
Future Perfect
Manufacturing jobs are never coming backManufacturing jobs are never coming back
Future Perfect

Putting Americans back to work in factories isn’t just hard. It’s impossible.

By Dylan Matthews
Future Perfect
The influential paper that explains Trump’s radical tariff policyThe influential paper that explains Trump’s radical tariff policy
Future Perfect

Tariffs aren’t helping globalization’s losers — they’re victimizing them again.

By Dylan Matthews
How Donald Trump is remaking America
What would a world without foreign aid look like?What would a world without foreign aid look like?
How Donald Trump is remaking America

The brutal debate over how to rescue foreign aid.

By Dylan Matthews
The Highlight
Why it still takes days for banks to give you your moneyWhy it still takes days for banks to give you your money
The Highlight

It’s the 21st century — instant bank transfers should be the norm everywhere.

By Dylan Matthews