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# December 2, 2019 | Vol. 194 No. 24December 2, 2019 |  
Vol. 194 No. 24

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Issue name

December 2nd, 2019 | Vol. 194, No. 24 | U.S.

Issue date

December 2, 2019

Location

U.S.

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## Table of Contents

BusinessHealthIdeasU.S.World

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### How We Chose the 100 Best Inventions of 2019

[Business](/section/business/)

### The CEO of Blackstone on Why We Have Bigger Things to Worry About Than Capitalism

Stephen A. Schwarzman talks to TIME about his new book 'What It Takes'

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### World Health Organization Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Never Stops Worrying

[Health](/section/health/)

### Terrified of Climate Change? You Might Have Eco-Anxiety

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### How America’s Elites Lost Their Grip

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Harry Benson Remembers the Star Power of Terry O’Neill

Lens on the stars

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Will Americans Ever Go Meat-Free for Thanksgiving?

Today, meatless diets are far from radical

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Cancel Culture Is Not Real—At Least Not in the Way People Think

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Problem Is Bigger Than WeWork. Why Wall Street Realized Unicorns Aren't so Magical

Surprise! Wall Street prefers profits to elevating the world&apos;s consciousness

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### 'OK Boomer' Captures the Tension Between Young and Old. Must It Be so Dismissive?

The &quot;OK Boomer&quot; meme captures the tension between the young and old. But is it fair to be so dismissive?

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Yeehaw Agenda Is About More Than Cowboy Hats. It's About American Identity

With the Yeehaw Agenda, black artists are correcting the record

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Why Corporations Can No Longer Avoid Politics

In the era of &quot;woke capitalism,&quot; apolitical is not an option

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Whistleblowing Is an American Tradition–and a Bad Sign for Our Democracy

Why whistle-blowing is an American tradition--and a bad sign

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### It's Time to Redefine GDP to Help Save the Planet

We need to rethink economic growth to save the world

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Tanking Probably Won't Make Your Team Better. Sorry.

### U.S.

[U.S.](/section/us/)

### 'We Are Grabbing Our Own Microphones': How Advocates of Reproductive Justice Stepped Into the Spotlight

Groups like SisterSong have fought for decades for an expansive vision of reproductive health care. Now they&apos;re getting more attention

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### A Siege in Hong Kong Heralds a New Phase of Protest

[World](/section/world/)

### 'The Entire System Is Designed to Suppress Us.' What the Chinese Surveillance State Means for the Rest of the World


December 2nd, 2019 | Vol. 194, No. 24 | U.S.

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