“Future earnings gap due to COVID-19 school closures” Courtesy IZA When children lose out on education, they lose out on future opportunities, including economic benefits, with far-reaching impact on their lives. Like so many aspects of this pandemic, this impact on children and young people seems more likely to take the form of a […]
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Mercosur-EU trade deal can change Argentina’s destiny
“Mercosur-European Union: A Step Towards An Argentina More Integrated To The World” By Ivan Cachanovsky, courtesy of Libertad y Progreso For several decades Argentina has had problems growing and generating development opportunities. Today we are faced with a scenario of growing poverty and informality, which forces us to take actions to correct our course. […]
Whoever wins U.S. election, Europe’s trade dilemmas will remain
“What should Europe expect from American trade policy after the election?” By Uri Dadush and Guntram B. Wolff, courtesy of the Bruegel Institute A Joe Biden Administration would have to decide to what extent to unpick the major United States trade policy shifts of the last four years. A quick return to comprehensive trade […]
Cut regulations to fight COVID-19, speed recovery
“A Regulatory Fresh Start” By Patrick McLaughlin, Matthew D. Mitchell, and Adam Thierer, courtesy of the Mercatus Center For government regulations to serve the public good, it is essential that they be reviewed occasionally to ensure they are cost effective and not counterproductive. New legislation introduced in Congress last week proposes a formal way […]
The Benefits of Tax Reform Are the Defining Issue
By Lewis K. Uhler and Peter J. Ferrara, National Tax Limitation Foundation Regardless of your reaction to the first Trump-Biden Presidential Debate on September 29, protecting tax reform is far-and-away the single most important issue that emerged for November 3. Political pundit Karl Rove, writing in the Wall Street Journal following the debate […]
Washington Beyond the Headlines: California Is Running Out of Gas
By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor It’s Debate Season, and most Americans could be forgiven for wanting to gorge themselves on grubs and berries, then dig a nice burrow in the woods and stay there for a few months. Meanwhile, don’t look now but one of the most egregious regulatory overreaches in American history […]
In defense of true intellectual diversity
By Pietro Paganini, Competere In contemporary democratic exchange, those ideas and political projects that are representative of individual diversity are increasingly unpopular and more likely to be interpreted as adversaries, or indeed enemies to be tackled rather than resources to learn from in order to advance debate and knowledge and to improve the rules […]
Four-day work week? Let business work it out
Courtesy Taxpayers’ Alliance In the past, the mention of a four day working week may have transported you back to the horrors of 1970s socialism or Edward Heath’s infamous three day week. But all such gloomy imagery has largely disappeared. In 2020, a four day week is firmly on the political agenda. Last year, […]
Police arguments for qualified immunity are inaccurate, misleading
“Blatant Misrepresentations of Qualified Immunity by Law Enforcement” By Jay Schweikert, courtesy of the Cato Institute Since the death of George Floyd this past May, and in the wake of the national turmoil his death provoked, both Congress and state legislatures have turned their attention to policing reform — and in particular, the doctrine of qualified immunity. […]
New International Tax Plan Will Come at the Expense of Consumers
By Steve Pociask, American Consumer Institute Efforts in the last couple of years to produce a new international tax plan to deal with the growth and effects of the digital economy may soon become a potential windfall for many international governments. As countries struggle across the globe from the COVID-19 health crises and the […]