Family choices affect pay differences between men and women Courtesy of IZA Across the developed world, women continue to earn substantially less than men. In the U.S. and Germany, for example, the gender pay gap amounts to roughly 20% of men’s average wages. While a substantial part of this gap can be attributed to gender […]
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Washington Beyond the Headlines: High Speed Rail Didn’t Work in California, Let’s Try It in Texas!
By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor An election! The Supreme Court! And a pandemic! The politicians and the pundits are delirious, and there’s no place to hide for the weeks ahead. Still, free market advocates and organizations will still go (somewhat) sanely about their business — offering policy and programs to combat the problems […]
Public health regulators put advocacy before pandemic preparation
“WHO and PHE put ‘advocacy’ before pandemic preparation, says new research” Courtesy of the IEA The World Health Organization and Public Health England’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic has been littered with failure and incompetence – in large part because both agencies spread themselves thinly over a huge range of medical, political and social […]
Hydroxychloroquine vs. COVID-19 (Archived July 22, 2020)
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE Research Bibliography & Digest The Economic Standard is gathering medical research about hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19, alone or in combination with other drugs, published (or about to be published) in academic journals. Have a study? Submit citations with brief summaries, ideally from the text itself, via the submissions box below the […]
Where is the policy response to air pollution deaths?
By Dr. Erika von Schneidemesser, courtesy of IASS The current death toll from Covid-19 is just over 800,000 people worldwide. This is likely to be a conservative estimate. To provide some perspective, in 2017, around 56 million people died, with the largest cause of death being cardiovascular diseases, which accounted for about 32% of deaths. 4.2 million people […]
Emerging markets must handle QE with caution
“Limits and pitfalls of QE in emerging markets” By Daniel Dăianu, courtesy of CASE The pandemic caused by COVID-19 has shocked the whole world and is another huge blow to the world economy after the financial crisis that erupted in 2008. A sanitary crisis is interweaving with a very severe economic and social crisis. […]
Lockdowns fueled digital democracy — and polarization — in Germany
“Online petitions as an indicator of current polarization tendencies” By Dr. Armin Mertens and Dr. Ruth Maria Schüler, courtesy of IW Koeln The COVID-19 measures of the federal and state governments have massively affected public life in Germany. The ban on contact has temporarily restricted the freedom to pursue a profession, the freedom of trade, […]
Trade deal between UK, EU now less likely
“Brexit: Endgame” By Fabian Zuleeg, courtesy of European Policy Centre The Brexit negotiation are heading into the final phase, with Boris Johnson claiming that the United Kingdom (UK) will walk away if no deal is found by mid-October. The UK is adamant that there will be no compromise on level-playing-field (LPF) conditions, especially […]
Use the Defense Production Act to Encourage American Manufacturing and Security
By George Landrith, Frontiers of Freedom America has for decades been chasing its manufacturing base out of the country. Some have argued that these jobs left because American wages were higher. But the truth is American workers have typically been more productive and thus their higher wages aren’t the primary factor. Moreover, there are […]
Why the EU needs a geopolitical Commission
By Steven Blockmans, courtesy of the Centre for European Policy Studies History has shown that rogue leaders only understand the language of diplomacy when it is backed by force. With the return of great power rivalry, the EU has felt the need to gradually adapt its posture on the increasingly conflicted world stage. Last […]