Lorenzo Pupillo, Stefano Fantin., Afonso Ferreira, Carolina Polito, CEPS Artificial Intelligence (AI) is gradually being integrated into the fabric of business and widely deployed across specific applications use cases. Not all sectors are equally advanced, however: the information technology and telecommunications sector are the most advanced in terms of AI adoption, with the […]
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Central Bank: A Blurred Entity
By Enrique Blasco Garma of Libertad y Progreso DATA CLAVE- The main purpose of the Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA) is to preserve the value of the currency. Inflation, which is now 75 years old, confirms the failure of BCRA. Why can’t it deliver? The State subordinates the value of the currency to finance the […]
Is the European Union’s investment agreement with China underrated?
By Uri Dadush and Andre Sapir, Bruegel The European Union is very open to foreign direct investment. By comparison, despite considerable liberalisation in the past two decades, foreign investors in China’s markets still face significant restrictions, especially in services sectors. Given this imbalance, the EU has long sought to improve the situation […]
Sweeping Labor Reform Bill, Amazon and Employee Freedom
By Russ Brown, CEO of RWP Labor By now all of America knows that the Amazon employees in Bessemer, Alabama voted to reject unionization by a nearly 3 to 1 margin. Do we know why? This is where spin is taking over the narrative. Main stream media pulled out all the stops trying […]
Congress Misses the Mark on the INFORM Act
By Edward Longe, American Consumer Institute On March 23, 2021, a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators led by Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced the Integrity, Notification, and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplaces for Consumers (INFORM Consumers) Act. If the INFORM Act becomes law, it would “direct online retail marketplaces…to authenticate the identity […]
The Price of Drug Controls: Patient Care and Innovation
By Jim Edwards, Executive Director, Conservative Property Rights The bad idea of “international reference pricing” is raising its ugly head again. Speaker Nancy Pelosi has reintroduced H.R. 3, which contains several government price controls and other punitive measures. Among them is international reference pricing. So is government price-fixing of 250 medicines […]
The American Rescue Plan’s Disastrous Pension Bailout
By Charles Blahous On March 12, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan (ARP), a $1.9 trillion spending package moved through Congress on a party-line vote. The legislation is controversial for several reasons, one being that many of its provisions are wholly unrelated to the COVID pandemic from which it’s supposed to provide relief, […]
“Reimagining” Mice and Men
By Marilyn Singleton, MD While everyone is preoccupied with mask-shaming and vaccine-cheerleading, scientists are engaged in critical research with a more lasting effect on our lives. For 100 years scientists have dreamed of creating and developing life outside of a womb. In March 2021 that dream came true. Scientists grew naturally conceived mouse embryos in tiny beakers […]
Washington Beyond the Headlines: NYS Celebrates Bailout By Raising Taxes
By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor The U.S. is finally leaving Afghanistan — just a decade or two late and with no prospect of lasting peace or stability for that turbulent region. Yet somehow this momentous news pales in comparison to the ongoing drama of COVID-19, now dominated by the discovery of “rare” blood […]
Over 100 doctors sign letter criticizing JAMA’s flawed ivermectin study
Some 120 doctors have signed a public letter to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) criticizing the publication of a flawed study claiming to find ivermectin ineffective against COVID-19. In addition to the numerous shortcomings of the study itself, the signatories also warned against medical science’s obsessive focus on randomized controlled trials […]