Courtesy of IZA School closures have been among the most common non-pharmaceutical interventions to slow down the spread of the novel coronavirus. According to UNESCO estimates over 60% of the world’s student population have been affected. Experts estimate the economic and social costs of school closures to reach up to US$ 15 trillion of […]
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Washington Beyond the Headlines: OK! It’s Time for Common Sense Criminal Justice Reform
By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor As this terrible election season hurtles to an end, we face the prospect of interminable days, weeks or months fighting over, squabbling and litigating who won. The good news? Well, while the politicos and their lawyers go at it, there is still work being done. Free Market advocates […]
More Ambitious Legislation Needed to Protect People, Crops, and Ecosystems
Courtesy of IASS Potsdam Whether the air that we breathe will be cleaner or dirtier in the future will largely be determined by two key factors: pollutant emissions and climate change. In a new publication, the authors analyze projections of future air quality and compare their various effects on human health, crops, and ecosystems. The […]
Europe should consider debt forgiveness to boost influence in Africa
“Europe’s pivot to Africa: Shaping the future of the strategic partnership” By Marco Zeiss, courtesy of the European Policy Centre With the 6th African Union-European Union Summit postponed, the leaders should use the upcoming months to forge a true strategic partnership which goes beyond the archaic donor-recipient relationship. Only then can EU-Africa relations […]
Europe’s 2030 emissions target requires hard choices right now
“A 2030 emissions target of net -55% means tough decisions on the bioeconomy can no longer wait” By Milan Elkerbout, courtesy of the Centre for European Policy Studies Both the European Commission and European Parliament now support raising the EU’s emissions reduction target for 2030, although they do not yet agree by how much. […]
Euro won’t become global currency without major reforms
“For the euro there is no shortcut to becoming a dominant currency” By Grégory Claeys and Guntram B. Wolff, courtesy of the Bruegel Institute As an international currency, the euro has always been a distant second to the dollar. The idea of a greater international role for the euro has been floated, but without […]
The EU’s new migration pact is already doomed to fail
By Bill Wirtz, courtesy of the Austrian Economics Center With the presentation of the “New Pact on Migration and Asylum,” the European Commission is trying to answer one question: what happens if Europe experiences another refugee crisis like the one in 2015 (which is ongoing)? Let’s first provide a brief recap of what readers […]
Washington Beyond the Headlines: Keep Government Away from 5G
By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor It’s Autumn and the leaves are changing, the scenery is peaceful and beautiful, the air is full of fall scents — burning leaves, woodsmoke, fresh apples… and none of this has anything to do with politics which gets increasingly weirder and uglier as we get closer to the […]
Helen Keller, An American Icon: “To be an American is to be an optimist“
By Dr. Rainer Zitelmann She was friends with the most famous people of her day and age, including Mark Twain and Alexander Graham Bell; she was the first woman to receive an honorary doctorate from Harvard University in 1955 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964; she published numerous bestsellers, gave lectures in […]
Proposition 24 Will Harm Growth and Innovation
By Caroline Wang, American Consumer Institute The tech sector has been the lifeblood of California for the past two decades, employing approximately 2 million people in the state and adding $2.3 trillion to the nation’s economy. Any attempt to squash this growth raises significant concerns for consumers and legislators. Proposition 24 is a […]