Latest articles by Ryan Cooper
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Is rich people's excessive income about to strangle the economy?
feature An economy is healthier when the working class gets a fair share of national income
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What the heck is going on with Venezuela?
opinion Trump is making a bad situation much worse
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Why is the government allowing its own drug research to be monopolized for profit?
opinion Corporate profiteering is allowing dangerous diseases to fester
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The bloody cost of Islamophobia
opinion Politicians around the world have stoked anti-Muslim bigotry for political advantage. It should not be surprising if occasionally some of their supporters follow their words to their logical conclusions.
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The big problem with climate 'realism'
feature Political moderates are out of their gourds on climate policy
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The false prophets of growth
opinion Countries don't become richer by listening to Michael Bloomberg
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The return of the airship
opinion Time to think big. And round.
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Good riddance to Amazon's New York swindle
opinion Cities should never make New York's Amazon mistake again
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How Block the Boat is fighting the Israeli government — in California
opinion By disrupting a key Israeli shipping company, activists intend to change Israeli policy in Gaza and the West Bank
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How do you fight a recession? Not like this.
opinion It's 2019 and Peter Orszag is still mostly clueless about the Obama stimulus
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Why America should double down on hydropower
opinion Tons of carbon-free power is available — even if we stay out of national parks and wilderness areas
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The deeply unserious thinking of the Afghanistan hawks
opinion It's beyond time to face the obvious truth about the Afghanistan war: America lost
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America is borrowing like crazy. Don't worry.
opinion We've got the world's largest credit limit
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The slow-motion collapse of the American health-care system
opinion Neglect and complexity are killing tens of thousands of people
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What climate change will do to the forests
opinion The fires in California are a grim reminder of what the future holds
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The Saudi-U.S. alliance must end
opinion Saudi Arabia is reportedly using Trump's apathy to commit murder. It must pay.
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Trump needs to keep his filthy mitts off Venezuela
opinion The president is once again pondering a Venezuela invasion. Holy smokes.
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The Musk meltdown
opinion Enron Musk needs to be brought to heel
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How social housing can save the American city
opinion Let's talk about the private market rent trap
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Fighting climate change is not going to cost you anything
opinion We can have solar panels and butter
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The myth of clean natural gas
opinion Natural gas is barely better than coal. It needs to go.
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If America wants to stop the migrant crisis, it should decriminalize drugs
opinion The drug trade makes millions for murderous gangs. It's time to put a stop to it.
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There's still only one way to tackle climate change
The Explainer Always be cutting emissions
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Americans are absurdly overworked
opinion And more work isn't the answer
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