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Thomas Dichter

Thomas Dichter is a cultural anthropologist who has worked in international development for five decades.

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British advertising executive David Ogilvy, circa 1963. (Photo by Pictorial Parade/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Society & Culture

What Would Don Draper Say About Digital Advertising?

Thomas Dichter / February 28, 2026

Credit Card Reform Legislation Would Tighten Rules On Rates And Fees

Society & Culture

Why Americans Don’t ‘Eat the Rich’

Thomas Dichter / February 9, 2026

Illustration by Noah Hickey/The Dispatch (Photos via Getty Images).

Society & Culture

The American God of Water

Thomas Dichter / February 7, 2026

Children leave a shelter to walk back to their villages as the sun rises on May 27, 2005, in Gulu, Uganda. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)

Policy

Can the Trump Administration Stop History?

Thomas Dichter / December 9, 2025

World Events

The Folly of the U.N.’s Anti-Poverty Goals

Thomas Dichter / October 29, 2025

An old picture of former Ambassador Christopher Hill on a motorcycle while in the Peace Corps in Cameroon. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Policy

What’s Happening to the Peace Corps?

Thomas Dichter / September 24, 2025

The Monday Essay

La Vie en Commune

Thomas Dichter / August 25, 2025

Society & Culture

A Letter From Greenland

Thomas Dichter / August 13, 2025

Society & Culture

The Hidden Injuries of Poor Customer Service

Thomas Dichter / June 13, 2025

USAID Cuts Lead To Shuttering Of Ecohub Services In Philippines

Policy

How USAID Became a Humanitarian FedEx

Thomas Dichter / May 16, 2025

Thomas Dichter

What Would Don Draper Say About Digital Advertising?

Why Americans Don’t ‘Eat the Rich’

The American God of Water

Can the Trump Administration Stop History?

The Folly of the U.N.’s Anti-Poverty Goals

What’s Happening to the Peace Corps?

La Vie en Commune

A Letter From Greenland

The Hidden Injuries of Poor Customer Service

How USAID Became a Humanitarian FedEx

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