By John M. Bridgeland, Vice Chairman of Malaria No More American leadership can make the difference between life and death. I’ve witnessed firsthand how Americans saved lives in villages across Africa. While visiting a public health facility 13 years ago in Mukarange, the capital of the Kayonza District in eastern Rwanda, […]
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Thakur: Are Generic Drug Safe?
In an op-ed in the The Hill, Dinesh Thakur, Founder of Medassure Global Compliance Corporation, reveals just how little we know about the provenance of generic medicines. Approximately 80% of America’s drug supply has “significant components” that were manufactured overseas, according to the Pew Prescription Project. “Lack-of-effect” results — when patients don’t […]
Which is Worse: California’s Legal Activism or WHO’s Bad Science?
By Richard Tren, TES Contributor When it comes to innovation, particularly in the technology field, California has long been a leader, home to so many innovative companies that come up with services and products that make all of our lives better. California is also innovative when it comes to environmental trends, however […]
Resource Wars: Can the U.S. Lose a War it Hasn’t Fought?
By Daniel McGroarty TES GeoPolicy Editor “A fight between the United States and China is brewing over 5G and the question of who can be trusted to control the world’s wireless infrastructure. But scant attention is being paid to an issue of arguably greater importance to the future of the world’s economy and […]
Are we already losing the wars of tomorrow?
By Daniel McGroarty, TES GeoPolicy Editor A depressing thought, given the nagging worry that we may well be losing the wars of today, from the Middle East and the never-ending War on Terror to the turmoil in Venezuela. From Hobbes to Weber, we’ve been taught that the State retains the […]
A Test of Metal: Are We Ready for the “Electrification of Everything?”
By Anthony Huston, President & CEO, Graphite One For most people, you say graphite, and they think of No. 2 pencils. But the reality is, you say graphite to a materials scientist, and they think of laptops and LEDs, smartphone and solar cells, Electric Vehicle batteries, drones and satellites, energy storage devices […]
Winning The War Against Malaria
By Roger Bate When former US President George W. Bush announced the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) in 2005, nearly a million people were dying from malaria each year—most of them young children in sub-Saharan Africa. Today is World Malaria Day, and it’s a good time to take stock of progress. In the […]
AEROPONICS TAKES FLIGHT
by Daniel McGroarty TES GeoPolicy Editor There’s a shortage in arable farmland – a challenge we’ll take on in future pieces at The Economic Standard – but there’s plenty of room to farm up rather than out, via vertical farming. As you’re clearly not stacking […]
Putin: U.S. Sanctions Won’t Stop Russia’s Arctic Development
by Daniel McGroarty TES GeoPolicy Editor Tired of reading? Here’s a short video clip of Vladimir Putin, not much longer than a pop song, with a strong riff on Russia’s plans for developing the Arctic’s resources – despite the threat of U.S. economic sanctions. Putin’s definitely a Classic Rock kind of guy, telling his respectful […]
France hits U.S. tech titans with new tax
Ryan Khurana at CapX argues that France’s new “digital services tax” is a thinly veiled assault on leading American tech firms. With a three percent revenue tax on companies making €750 million and up, the measure is squarely aimed at the likes of Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple — which French Finance Minister […]