“Demand and supply of health professional: imbalances are prevailing” By Isilda Mara, courtesy of WiiW The retirement of baby boomers, the rise in life expectancy and the aging of the population are all warning signs that the demand for health professionals is bound to expand. Now COVID-19 has shown how exposed European countries […]
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Public needs to learn about negative emissions technology
“Mobilizing the ocean for climate protection” Courtesy of IfW Kiel Humanity cannot limit global warming to 1.5 degrees unless action is taken. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has shown this in its special report from 2018. In addition to reducing emissions to nearly zero, humanity must actively remove greenhouse gases from […]
Social capital associated with lower COVID-19 rates
“Does social capital help contain COVID-19?” Courtesy of IZA Since the beginning of this year, the novel coronavirus has rapidly spread throughout the world, affecting the lives, health, and livelihoods of people all around the globe. With no medical solution available yet, the key margin to contain the spread of the pandemic is […]
Inflation on the horizon?
By Dr. Juan Castañeda and Professor Tim Congdon, courtesy of IEA In 2020 the world economy is likely to experience an output fall and increases in unemployment rates comparable to those in the Great Depression years of the early 1930s. The policy reaction to the pandemic will increase budget deficits massively in all the […]
Collier: A City That Treats You Like A Client, Not A Tax Farm
By William R. Collier, Jr. Public trust in government is at an all-time low thanks to widespread mismanagement of the COVID-19 response. This presents an opportunity not only to reform failing institutions, but to build new ones with greater accountability. In this dynamic new environment, the concept of Free Private Cities (FPCs) popularized […]
COVID-19 Deception by China Demands New Era of Global Scrutiny
By Michael Auslin, courtesy of the Mercatus Center The COVID-19 pandemic that began in Wuhan, China, has led to a sharp intensification in tensions between the United States and China. With clear evidence that Beijing covered up the extent and nature of the epidemic in its early months, using the World Health Organization (WHO) to mislead […]
Dropping qualified immunity would change police behavior
“Yes, Abolishing Qualified Immunity Will Likely Alter Police Behavior” By Jay Schweikert, courtesy of the Cato Institute Yesterday, the New York Times ran an op‐ed by Professor Daniel Epps, titled “Abolishing Qualified Immunity Is Unlikely to Alter Police Behavior.” I’m fully aware that op‐ed authors generally don’t get to pick the titles of […]
Washington Beyond the Headlines: Feds Shouldn’t Cover State Budget Shortfalls
By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor They say bad things come in threes. Well, we’ve had a pandemic, a wave of protests and riots, so what else does 2020 have in store for us? But no matter the obstacles, free market policy people keep right on working, offering perspective and policy options to lead […]
Cut Red Tape to Boost the COVID-19 Recovery
By Oliver McPherson-Smith, American Consumer Institute Recent employment data suggests that America is on the road to economic recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 lockdowns. Despite the nascent evidence of better times ahead, the economy in 2020 will not inevitably look like it did in late 2019. To help workers find jobs in this new […]
Alarmist Media Focusing On Wrong COVID-19 Metric
By Erik Sass, TES Editor-in-Chief Fears of a “second wave” of COVID-19, including in parts of the country that have not yet been badly hit, are growing in response to two nearly simultaneous events: the lifting of lockdowns and the wave of protests over George Floyd’s death. The mainstream media is fanning the flames […]