Tom Schatz, President, Citizens Against Government Waste In a galaxy not too far away and a little too close to Earth lies Planet Bernie. Everything is free from birth to death. There is a government program for education, medical care, housing, and retirement, all 100 percent guaranteed and paid for. No one […]
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Cut hidden fuel subsidies to fight climate change
“The European Green Deal must cut hidden fossil fuel subsidies” By Simone Tagliapietra, courtesy of the Bruegel Institute One of the basic ideas in economics is that you tend to get the best results if people or firms that take decisions have to take account of all the benefits and costs. Climate change […]
How to encourage more women to enter STEM fields
“Five Lessons for Aspiring Female Scientists” “STEM students will not only shape the world of tomorrow, they will occupy the heights of a digital economy characterized by ever-greater complexity, wielding enormous power through the knowledge and systems they create,” observers Marina Bacac, head of the Cancer Immunotherapy Departments at Roche Pharma Research & […]
Reject a government takeover of consumer lending
By Phil Kerpen, courtesy of American Commitment Price controls don’t work, cause shortages, and have precipitated economic disaster in every sector and jurisdiction that has attempted to impose them on any significant scale. But their braindead simplicity – something is too expensive, so we’ll mandate that it be cheaper – makes them forever […]
Coronavirus, Butter and Oil: As We Brace for Pandemic, We Also Need to Inoculate Ourselves Against Group-Think
Daniel McGroarty, TES GeoPolicy Editor As the world wakes each morning to new numbers mapping the Coronavirus’ spread, along comes a piece by Andrew Butter provocatively titled, “What China Knows About the Coronavirus that Oil Traders Don’t Know.” Read it in full at SeekingAlpha. Butter watches global oil markets, and he’s noticed […]
Are Solar Panel Mandates Helping Consumers Save Money?
By Krisztina Pusok and Ana Diaz, American Consumer Institute California’s solar energy mandate was officially implemented at the beginning of this year, making the Golden state the first in the nation to implement a law that obligates all newly constructed houses to have solar panels. Hawaii, Arizona, Maryland, and other states have announced they will follow suit. While […]
Celebrating the Return of the Primitive
By Kerry Jackson, Pacific Research Institute Private automobiles are no longer allowed on Market Street in San Francisco, California. The result has been an increase in bike ridership. This is, of course, being hailed as progress. So why does it look like the city is resetting the clock to a previous century? […]
Will Paraguay Follow Argentina’s Economic Decline?
By Marcelo Duclos, courtesy of Panampost Although there was a moment in history when there was talk of the “Argentine miracle” (after the Constitution of Juan Bautista Alberdi) or the “German miracle,” after World War II (in one part, of course), I think we should mention another contemporary miracle: the Paraguayan one. It […]
Roche Head of Early Clinical Oncology: Globalizing the AI Revolution in Health Care
By Dominik Ruettinger, Global Head of Early Clinical Development Oncology, Roche MUNICH – We are entering a transformational period in medical science, as traditional research techniques combine with massive computing power and a wealth of new data. Just recently, Google announced that it has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system capable of outperforming human […]
Employers: Let’s make benefits better for chronic diseases
By Josh Smiley, CFO, Eli Lilly It’s no secret the growing prevalence of high-deductible health plans falls hardest on those with chronic diseases. A survey by the Los Angeles Times and the Kaiser Family Foundation found that people covered by an employer high-deductible health plan, who have at least one family member with […]