By Peter Goettler, Cato Institute Yesterday, Congress was violently disrupted as it performed its constitutional duty. This was a direct attack on the Constitution of the United States, the rule of law, and our constitutional republic. For more than two months President Trump has claimed, without plausible evidence and through multiple recounts and court […]
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Washington Beyond the Headlines: This Year You’re Going to Hear A Lot about Antitrust
By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor A New Year! Full of Hope, Division and Promise. The Division — well, unfortunately that’s obvious. The Promise includes serious work going on by Free Market advocates and organizations… and we promise, whatever insanity or inanity the mainstream media covers, we’ll be here, giving you the […]
Oregon to Significantly Raise Vapor Product Prices
By Derek Hosford, American Consumer Institute Last election day, Oregon voters overwhelmingly approved a new tax measure on nicotine products in an attempt to reduce the rate of smoking and save its citizens money on healthcare costs. This proposal, also called the Tobacco and E-Cigarette Tax Increase for Health Programs Measure, took effect this year and increased […]
Challenges and Opportunities for Global Finance in 2021
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Department of Labor Provides Clarity for the Gig Economy
By Edward Longe, American Consumer Institute Since the turn of the twenty-first century, independent workers have become an increasingly important part of the modern American economy as workers choose flexibility over traditional “9 to 5” employment. This trend is most clearly evidenced by the substantial growth in the numbers of Americans participating in the […]
“America Lost”: Powerful Documentary Explores Roots of Poverty
By Chris Nagavonski, TES Contributor Many people think of poverty as just a lower average level of prosperity. To them, a poor neighborhood is still a row of houses or a block of apartments with people in them, albeit less fortunate people. But as Chris Rufo’s documentary America Lost shows, poverty doesn’t just stunt […]
The real meaning of the UK-EU deal
“The Brexit trade deal is no frictionless uncoupling” By John Bruton, courtesy Centre for European Policy Studies The Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and the UK is an exercise in damage limitation. The UK’s decision to leave the EU, the Customs Union and the Single Market, means it will face numerous obstacles. […]
Ecuador’s lessons in “dollarization”
“CEA Perspectives: Lessons from Dollarization in Ecuador” By Nicolás Cachanosky, courtesy of Libertad y Progreso UCEMA – The year 2020 marks the twentieth anniversary of dollarization in Ecuador. The year 2020 also marks 13 consecutive years of high inflation in Argentina. In the last 20 years, Ecuador and Argentina have followed different paths in […]
Leverage market forces to speed vaccine distribution
“Market Allocation Would Treat COVID-19 Vaccines Like the Valuable Resource They Are” By Michael F. Cannon, courtesy of the Cato Institute News reports indicate that COVID-19 vaccinations in the United States are happening more slowly than officials promised and in comparison to other countries. Some health care providers are racing — and some are failing — to administer their stock vaccines before […]
Docs urge early outpatient treatment for COVID-19
“Covid-19: A combination of early stage drugs works (hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin). New study” By FranceSoir The year 2020 will have been marked by a series of studies on treatments against COVID-19 and associated controversies. All will remember the declarations of the Minister of Health and the Prime Minister that ” there is no treatment against Covid-19 ” despite […]