By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor Impeachment. There, we’ve wasted enough time on that. But while we were all trying our best to ignore the dog and pony show in the Senate, free market policy advocates kept working on issues and ideas that affect America, and the world. Read on for this week’s […]
Author: Erik Sass
Time to get moving on U.S.-UK trade deal
“Starting Bell About to Sound for US-UK Trade Negotiations” By Daniel Griswold and Jack Salmon, courtesy of the Mercatus Center When the bells peal in the United Kingdom on Friday to mark its formal Brexit from the European Union, they will also signal the opening for that nation and the United States to […]
Green Deal doesn’t go far enough
“The European Green Deal – good intentions that won’t go far” By Roman Stöllinger and Michael Landesmann, courtesy of WIIW Designing the European Green Deal, which aims to realise the ecological transformation of the EU economy as the trading bloc’s growth strategy, is the right move at the right time. It sends a clear signal: […]
The deep roots of Argentina’s bad ideas
“Argentine legislation plagued by false economic theories” By Antonio I. Margariti, courtesy of Fundacion Libertad Tolerance and action Today, the philosophical concepts that govern the development of Law are almost exclusively the work of experts who are inclined to give preponderance to Public Law over Private Law. However, it would be unfair […]
Canadian consumers would pay price for digital tax
“Taxing the tech giants: Canadian consumers and businesses will pay the price” Courtesy of MEI/IEDM During the last federal election campaign, all parties promised to raise taxes on the digital giants. Although this is on ice awaiting the conclusion of OECD discussions on the matter, the idea is still present in the public […]
How should UK businesses deal with Europe post-Brexit?
“Business: working with the EU from the outside” By Nicole Sykes, courtesy of UK In a Changing Europe Once the light show has faded and the Prime Minister’s speech ceased looping, the biggest, visible, most practical change after the UK’s departure from the EU on 31 January will be the loss of British influence […]
“EU must make every effort to keep Britain in the single market”
Statement Brexit: “EU must make every effort to keep Britain in the single market” Courtesy of IfW Kiel Kiel Institute President Gabriel Felbermayr considers the timetable for a free trade agreement between the EU and Great Britain to be unrealistic. In the event of a no-deal, he said, the EU would have much […]
Heavy social media use is bad for teens’ mental health
“Extensive social media use hurts teenagers’ mental health” Courtesy of IZA Social media use can affect adolescents’ well-being and mental health in different ways. On the one hand, social media can promote interaction with peers with similar interests, facilitate communication and information on sensitive topics, and can be a vehicle of collaboration and involvement […]
USMCA: A victory for American workers, needlessly delayed by petty politics
By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor On Wednesday. January 29th, President Donald Trump signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA) into law, at long last replacing the outdated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Trump called it “…the largest, most significant, modern, and balanced trade agreement in history. All of our countries […]
Have health insurance? Then you shouldn’t pay full price for insulin
The end of January is a special time for many of us — and not always a happy one. It’s a time to realize we’ve failed to keep new year’s resolutions, to remember how much we hate cold weather, and to chafe at the U.S. healthcare system as newly reset insurance deductibles […]