GiveWell list of U.S. policy issues

	A	B	C	D
1	Issue	Formal writeup published?	Level of depth	Link

2	Criminal justice reform	Yes	Medium	http://www.givewell.org/labs/causes/criminal-justice-reform
3	Drug policy	No	Many conversations due to overlap with criminal justice reform and Good Ventures work
4	Marriage equality	No	Good Ventures has made some grants and had some conversations in this area
5	Surveillance	No	Informal discussion only
6	Labor mobility	Yes	Shallow writeup published, medium-depth in progress	http://www.givewell.org/labs/causes/labor-mobility
7	Macroeconomic policy	Yes	Medium	http://www.givewell.org/labs/causes/macroeconomic-policy
8	Foreign aid and related policy areas	Yes	Shallow writeup published; we have since had a couple of off-the-record in-depth conversations	http://www.givewell.org/labs/causes/advocacy-foreign-aid
9	Improving democracy	No	Reviewed and discussed Hewlett Foundation report	http://files.givewell.org/files/conversations/Kramer%2012-6-13%20(public).pdf
10	Tax policy	No	Shallow writeup in progress
11	Trade policy	No	Informal discussion only
12	Defense policy	No	Informal discussion only
13	Climate change	Yes	Shallow	http://www.givewell.org/shallow/climate-change
14	Education policy	No	Informal discussion only
15	Environment policy (aside from climate change)	No	Informal discussion only
16	Health care policy	No	Informal discussion only
17	Redistribution/inequality	No	Informal discussion only
18	Occupational licensing	No	Investigation in progress	http://files.givewell.org/files/conversations/Mellor%2012-12-13%20(public).pdf
19	Zoning reform	No	Investigation in progress	http://files.givewell.org/files/conversations/Smith%203-13-14%20(public).pdf and http://files.givewell.org/files/conversations/Metcalf%203-31-14%20(public).pdf
20	Organ donation	Yes	Shallow-level writeup but Alexander Berger has significant connections/experience in this area	http://www.givewell.org/labs/causes/organ-transplantation
21	Improving the general quality of policy analysis available to state-level governments	No	Future investigation is likely
22	Treatment of animals in industrial agriculture	Yes	Shallow writeup complete; medium-depth investigation in progress	http://www.givewell.org/labs/causes/treatment-animals-industrial-agriculture
23	Intellectual property reform	Yes	Shallow writeup focusing on patent reform	http://www.givewell.org/labs/causes/software-patent-reform
24	Policy related to global catastrophic risks	No	To revisit in the future after more work on global catastrophic risks generally
25	Policy related to scientific research	No	To revisit in the future after more work on scientific research generally	http://www.givewell.org/files/conversations/Alberts%201-29-14%20(public).pdf and http://www.givewell.org/files/conversations/Bhaven%20Sampat%2005-02-13%20(public).pdf
26	Broadband policy	Yes	Shallow	http://www.givewell.org/labs/causes/broadband-policy
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