Our managing editor handpicks his Best of 2022.
Ryan Cooper
Ryan Cooper is a senior editor at The American Prospect, and author of How Are You Going to Pay for That?: Smart Answers to the Dumbest Question in Politics. He was previously a national correspondent for The Week. His work has also appeared in The Nation, The New Republic, and Current Affairs.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
A Moral Video Game Industry Requires Regulation
Epic Games allegedly exposed children to predators and ripped off its customers.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Why the Federal Reserve Should Cool Its Jets on Interest Rates
Recent data shows a strong possibility that inflation will come down on its own.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
What America Can Learn From Donald Trump’s Greatest Accomplishment
On the COVID-19 vaccines, well, you have to hand it to him.
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Best Tax System on Earth
What America and the world can learn from the Faroe Islands
Posted inEconomic Policy
At Least the Tech Winter Will Kill Off Some Zombie Companies
A decade of ultra-cheap credit and weak consumer spending created some of the biggest money-losing companies in history.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Elon Musk’s Twitter Debacle Shows the Problem With Billionaires
One person should not control nation-sized pots of resources.
Posted inPolitics
Republicans Are in for Two Years of Hell
Trump and the Freedom Caucus are going to unleash chaos in their own party.
Posted inPolitics
Democrats Are Getting Their Act Together at the State Level
A long-overdue effort to contest Republican dominance of state legislatures is bearing fruit.
Posted inPolitics
Republicans Have a Disease Called Donald Trump
Sane parties change their tune when they lose repeatedly. The GOP is not sane.