“U.S. Ferry Systems Soaked by Maritime Protectionism” By Colin Grabow, courtesy of the Cato Institute Some of the country’s leading ferry systems are facing an increasingly precarious outlook. In Alaska, questions loom over the state‐run ferry system’s future after the governor and legislature last year endorsed paring back massive subsidies needed to keep it afloat. In Washington state, […]
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Europe needs a money laundering czar to lead crackdown
“A European anti–money laundering supervisor: From vision to legislation” By Nicolas Véron and Joshua Kirschenbaum, courtesy of the Bruegel Institute The European Union is moving toward implementing a policy to strengthen anti–money laundering (AML) supervision across its Single Market, namely enforcing requirements on banks and other firms to ensure they do not facilitate […]
Best of a Bad Lot: Americans distrust tech less than failing institutions
“Amidst ‘Techlash,’ Many Americans Still View Technology Industry in a Positive Light” By Adam Thierer and Connor Haaland, courtesy of the Mercatus Center Recently, many politicians, journalists, and others have been talking a lot about a “techlash” against Silicon Valley giants from which only government intervention can deliver us. However, Americans hold technology […]
Time to break the cycle of panic
“Let’s (Not) Panic Again” By Simon Sarevski, courtesy of the Austrian Economics Center Since time immemorial if you asked an adolescent whether he expects to live a better life than his parents the definitive answer would have been negative. But then, at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, that answer changed to a […]
Washington Beyond the Headlines: A Tariff Is A Tax!
By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor While the impeachment circus goes on America’s economy surges ahead, unemployment is low and conservative and center-right organizations and individuals are doing lots of work on issues and ideas that affect America, and the world. Read on, it’s a busy week (except in Congress)… Tariff Wars, […]
The cult of youth, identity politics, and the quest for enduring stability: A Romanian case study
By Georgiana Constantin-Parke, TES Contributor Shortly after the 2014 Romanian presidential election, on a sunny autumn day, I was walking down the streets of Bucharest. Klaus Werner Iohannis had just won the election. In front of me, a middle- aged woman was holding the Romanian flag and smiling as if in a trance. […]
Leprosy Is Still A Threat – But We Can End It
Though it has often been overshadowed by other diseases, the ancient scourge of leprosy is still afflicting humanity—but we have all the tools we need to end it, notes Dr. Ann Aerts, head of the Novartis Foundation, in a new article published by Health Affairs, titled “One Step Closer To Ending Leprosy.” […]
Post-Brexit, Imperiled Transatlantic Relationship More Important Than Ever
By Dr. Alexander Görlach, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs The UK’s impending departure from the European Union on January 31 creates at least one certainty. Following the Tories’ resounding victory in the December parliamentary elections, any further talk of a second referendum is empty rhetoric; the idea was rejected […]
Ich muss, selbst ohne meinen fuss: Germans go to work sick in “presentism” plague
“Sick to work? Presentism is widespread in Germany” Courtesy of IAB In Germany, many employees go to work despite illness. This has to do with working conditions and fear of job loss. It therefore makes sense to work more towards appropriate health behavior. Illness-related absence from work is a not insignificant problem for the […]
Anti-EU sentiment simmering in Central Europe
“Czechs and the EU Brand: How do Czechs feel about the EU and what could change their mind?” By Vit Havelka, courtesy of EUROPEUM This study is mainly based on a series of 12 brief surveys by Behavio research agency and on longitudinal research by STEM Institute for Empirical Research. The expert’s inputs […]