By Liam Sigaud, American Consumer Institute As the U.S. economy continues to be stifled by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the potential for other major disasters loom and provide warnings of the importance of preparation and planning. The effects of climate change on the U.S. depend not only on the extent temperatures rise, […]
Author: Erik Sass
Brimen: How the U.S. Can Win the Trade War with China
By Erick A. Brimen In my new Fortune editorial, I explain how the United States can facilitate investments in special economic zones in Latin America to fuel development and relieve the driving pressure behind immigration. But these zones present an even bigger opportunity: rebalancing trade with China. The U.S. needs to revive […]
Washington Beyond the Headlines: Admin, govs cut 727 regulations to unleash recovery
By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor July 4 may be past, but it’s always a good time to celebrate Freedom and Liberty. Fortunately Free Market people are always working to help secure these precious possessions with better perspective and policy options. So for Liberty, here’s this week’s news … Freeing Us […]
Zitelmann: Socialism always fails, yet somehow never loses its appeal
By Dr. Rainer Zitelmann In his Lectures on the Philosophy of History, the German philosopher Hegel observed: “But what experience and history teach is this – that peoples and governments never have learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it.” It could well be that Hegel’s verdict is too harsh. Nevertheless, […]
The COVID Crisis Shows How the Postal Service Can Be Saved from Collapse
By Steve Pociask, American Consumer Institute As businesses nationwide start to map out reopening for the near-term and the post-pandemic world, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is also facing its own experience in hitting the reset button. New Postmaster General (PMG) Louis DeJoy recently took the reins of the organization following the departure of PMG […]
Competitive Spectrum Policies Keep America Online
By Oliver McPherson-Smith, American Consumer Institute Video conferences, online classrooms, and telehealth have all become mainstream in 2020. This huge change has been made feasible by federal policies that focus on getting the most value out of America’s telecommunications resources. To replicate this success and avoid future waste, access to American spectrum needs to […]
Washington Beyond the Headlines: Raising Taxes During a Disaster Is A Very Bad Idea
By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor Here’s some great public mental health advice: stay home, wear a mask, and definitely wear earplugs and blinders when you watch TV news. Or you can just read about free market policy people who are working through the storm, offering perspective and policy options to lead us to […]
Mexican governors have array of policy tools for reopening
“COVID-19: What Are State Governments Doing In the Face of the Crisis?” Courtesy of IMCO Since the start of the emergency, state governments announced actions to help mitigate the negative economic impact of COVID-19, and local authorities are implementing emerging plans to support families, workers and small businesses. These local economic revival […]
Populist governments faring better in COVID crisis
“Populist governments hedge power in Corona crisis” Courtesy of IFW Kiel On average, populist governments record significantly lower increases in popularity in the coronavirus crisis than non-populist ones, even though they usually introduced similar policies to contain the pandemic. At the same time, however, populists are making greater use of emergency laws to weaken […]
Worst-hit authorities are least able to respond to COVID
“The financial risk and resilience of English local authorities in the coronavirus crisis” By Kate Ogden and David Phillips, courtesy of IFS Local authorities (LAs) across the country are among those on the front line of the coronavirus crisis. But geographical differences in demographic and economic structures make different parts of the country […]