“Four steps towards a European defence union” By Steven Blockmans and Dylan Macchiarini Crosson, courtesy of CEPS Given that membership of PESCO (Permanent Structured Cooperation), the central cog in the EU’s emerging EDU, is virtually identical to membership of the European Defence Agency (EDA) and that the first 47 projects have so far […]
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Steve Forbes: To Shore Up The U.S. Economy, Do These 3 Things — Now!
Writing for his favorite eponymous publication, media mogul and informal advisor to the Trump Administration Steve Forbes published a short list of actions the government should urgently take to keep capital flowing to a corona-battered U.S. economy. In a nutshell, here’s what Forbes […]
What We Learned From HIV/AIDS: Panic Will Make It Worse
By Mark Chataway, Co-Founder of Bairds CMC and Hyderus I was in charge of communications for the largest HIV services group in the USA in 1983. I started work just after most Americans first heard about AIDS. The novel Coronavirus is not HIV, but I have noticed similarities in the panic surrounding […]
EU Green Deal: Avoid emissions whackamole
“Financing Europe’s Green Deal: Beware of the Waterbed Effect” By Daniel Gros and Milan Elkerbout, courtesy of CEPS Big numbers are always a good way to attract attention. 1 thousand billion euros of investment is the headline figure of the ‘Sustainable Europe Investment Plan’ the European Commission recently presented to the European Parliament. […]
Say no to EU carbon border tax
“A European carbon border tax: much pain, little gain” By Ben McWilliams and Georg Zachmann, courtesy of the Bruegel Institute The European Green Deal has set a target of reducing European Union carbon emissions by about 40 per cent over the next ten years. Reaching this target is likely to involve a significant […]
Goerlach: Turkey-EU Strife and the Rise of Refugee Power Politics
By Dr. Alexander Goerlach, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs The strife on the Turkish-Greek border is escalating, with refugees being targeted by tear gas on the Greek side. The intent is to stop the refugees from illegally crossing the border to Europe. Images of such scenes – with […]
Washington Beyond the Headlines: Behold, DOL, DOT Doing Their Jobs
By Andy Blom, TES Correspondent Congress fights the Coronavirus the only way it knows how — with panic and partisan bickering. Many Americans are just treating it like a snow day. Meanwhile free market policy people, now even more socially isolated than usual, are still working on issues and ideas that affect […]
How Charter Schools Could Lower Your Property Tax
By Janson Prieb, American Consumer Institute In Idaho, residents are concerned with rising property taxes, pushing legislators to consider freezing them all together. Meanwhile in Greenville, North Carolina residents are worried about reappraisals that are also raising property taxes. Yet, the solution to lower property taxes should be no mystery. With 30 percent […]
Oil War Aims At U.S. Fracking
By Daniel McGroarty, TES GeoPolicy Editor APRIL 14, 2020 UPDATE: In one of the few non-COVID news stories still commanding attention, global economy watchers are focused on an Easter agreement brokered by Saudi Arabia that aims at global oil production cuts of at least 10%. The catch: the cuts won’t come immediately, but in May. […]
Dr. Carri Chan, Columbia Business School: How Hospitals Manage A Coronavirus Surge
With Covid-19 spreading quickly, intensive care units (ICUs) across America are bracing for a wave of new patients. Experts project up to 2 million ICUs visits during the outbreak. Nationwide, there are approximately 75,000 ICU beds, and on average 85% of them are already occupied. Demand for ICUs will quickly outstrip supply—unless […]