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In rich countries, the biggest causes of death are strokes, heart attacks and cancer, accounting for more than two-thirds of all deaths. But for the poorer world, people often…
Cornelius Adebahr argues interest based cooperation between the West and Iran can and should go further, regardless of nuclear agreement.
For some, it’s the ultimate nightmare: An…
Ending extreme poverty is likely to be one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. So it is a good idea to figure out what that entails. And it turns out that it’s…
Ebola has gotten much of the attention in 2014, and it has killed about 8,000 people. Over the same period of time, however, about 4 million people died from AIDS, tuberculosis (…
Air quality has improved dramatically in rich countries over the past century. Around 1880, when the air was worst in London, it is estimated that 9,000 people died each year from…
In a climate of increasing fear over inequality and the concentration of wealth, Karl T. Muth explains his views on social mobility and taxation in the USA.
The U.S. House of…
There are plenty of things, which those of us lucky enough to live in the industrialized world take for granted; running water and flush toilets are among the most basic of these…
Karl Muth explores how we should approach the long term trends in violence in Chicago.
I was recently about to fly to Chicago when a friend of mine in London commented that she…
Corruption last year cost the world more than one trillion dollars. That is a trillion dollars we can’t use to get better health care, education, food and environment. And…
Karl T. Muth explains his proposal to use a "hate crime" framework in police brutality cases.
There is substantial momentum in public sentiment – particularly in urban areas of…