By Dr. Rainer Zitelmann The coronavirus crisis has left many people facing massive problems, fears and financial difficulties. In challenging times, it makes a great deal of sense to focus on people who have defied the odds and taken their lives into their own hands. People who, despite severe disabilities, do not approach life […]
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EU is right to scrutinize Chinese investment
“Not all foreign investment is welcome in Europe” By Julia Anderson, courtesy of the Bruegel Institute Imagine that the Tour de France allowed non-French competitors, and only non-French competitors, to use performance-enhancing drugs. Now imagine these rules were changed to ban the use of drugs for all competitors. It would surely make for a […]
The International Criminal Court Believes that Human Rights Are Being Violated in Venezuela
By Federico N. Fernández, Fundacion Bases/AEC Important progress has been made in order to bring Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro to court for crimes against humanity. On November 5, Fatou Bensouda, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), stated that there is “a reasonable basis to believe that crimes within the jurisdiction of the […]
Why is USDA trying to regulate farmers out of business?
“USDA Once Again Tries to Regulate Small Farmers Out of Business” By Mallory Reader, courtesy of the Cato Institute The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is once again trying to interfere with farming practices in the name of consumer health. The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) invited the public to […]
Washington Beyond the Headlines: States Are Taxing Other States (Yes, It’s a Thing)
By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor What an interesting election. Both sides won. The D’s won the Presidency (assuming the legal challenges fail). The R’s held the Senate and gained in the House (assuming an R win in Georgia’s runoff). Sanity, in some form, maybe won, giving us a gridlocked Washington. If President-maybe-elect Biden’s […]
Improving biodiversity: How can digitalisation help?
By Annika Hedberg and Stefan Sipka, courtesy of the European Policy Centre Biodiversity is deteriorating rapidly in Europe and across the globe. There is, however, enormous untapped potential in the use of data and digital solutions to protect our natural resources. Digital solutions have already proven to be extremely useful in monitoring biodiversity worldwide […]
Biden Has No Reason to Back Down on Immigration Now
By David J. Bier, courtesy of Cato Institute After Joe Biden won the Democratic Party nomination, he made no adjustments to his aggressively pro‐immigration agenda. Some ideas—a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants—have long been standard Democratic Party positions, but Biden’s ideas went far beyond this. Biden’s platform was probably as pro‐immigrant as any winning candidate since Abraham Lincoln. Yet […]
Cutting waste in public spending could be Argentina’s solution
“The problem is not the dollar, it’s the peso” By Manuel Solanet, courtesy of El Tribuno, Libertad y Progreso The Argentine rejection of the national currency has profound causes, but also possible solutions. A currency must meet at least three properties: being a medium of exchange, a unit of measurement, and a […]
Europe’s supply of high-skilled jobs not keeping up with graduates
“Job polarisation and the Great Recession” By Sybrand Brekelmans and Georgios Petropoulos, courtesy of the Bruegel Institute The technological advancements of the last few decades have been a major source of job polarisation. This means that demand for workers has increased for both well-paid skilled jobs (typically requiring non-routine cognitive skills; for example, managerial […]
Big questions remain about Fed policy
“Economic Stability Remains the Fed’s Core Objective” By Marc DuPont, courtesy of the Mercatus Center As America collectively holds its breath waiting for the final results of the US presidential election, Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell spoke on November 5 on the state of the economy and how the Fed will continue to […]