Miner Discovers Lithium in Them Thar Hills (of Waste Rock) FT today has an interesting piece on the serendipity of resource exploration. Major multinational Rio Tinto, a world-class copper and iron ore producer, uncovered an unexpected find at its long-running California boron mine – […]
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Eco-friendly jets fueled by “meat waste”
Just because something is disgusting doesn’t mean it’s not good for the environment, and vice versa. To this interesting category we may add environmentally friendly airplanes fueled by “meat waste,” as well as other nontraditional combustibles such as used cooking oil. Reuters reports […]
Singapore wants those fake chicken nuggets
Artificial meat, referring to protein grown from animal cells in laboratories, has obvious attractions for rich, high-tech places without much land for raising livestock. No surprise, then, that Singapore is one of the countries most interested in developing facilities for growing artificial […]
Macron hits brakes on EU enlargement
“Macron’s ‘Non’ to EU Enlargement” By Erwan Fouéré, courtesy of CEPS “I am counting on you”. With these words, President Macron appealed to the citizens of North Macedonia to vote in favour of the Prespa Agreement in the referendum on 30 September […]
Tax cuts didn’t boost business investment in UK
“Low rates of capital gains tax on business income lead to large tax savings but do not boost investment” By Helen Miller and Kate Smith, courtesy of IFS People who work for their own businesses are taxed at lower rates than employees. […]
Make way for the delivery drones (by empowering local government)
“To Kickstart Drone Deliveries, Give Cities and States Regulatory Flexibility” By Brent Skorup and Connor Haaland, courtesy of the Mercatus Center Drone delivery services are coming to US towns. The technology is ready and operators have been making thousands of deliveries in rural China and medical deliveries in Rwanda. (We are seeing the […]
Keep an eye on Russian moves in Africa
“The Russia-Africa Summit: The next stage in the Kremlin’s Africa charm offensive” By Ivano di Carlo and Amanda Paul, courtesy of European Policy Centre On 23-24 October, over 40 African leaders and some 3,000 businessmen will gather in Sochi, Russia for the inaugural Russia-Africa Summit. […]
Spending more doesn’t equal polluting less
“A Real Green Economy Is Possible In France” By Michel Gay and Jean-Luc Salanave, courtesy of Contrepoints SPENDING MORE IS NOT SYNONYMOUS WITH POLLUTING LESS For 10 years the European climate policy based on renewable energy has been a failure. It has squandered tens […]
Welfare spending makes wealth inequality worse
“Welfare State Causes Wealth Inequality — Euro Experience” By Chris Edwards, courtesy of Cato Institute Democrats running for president are condemning wealth inequality while calling for an increase in social spending. But expanding social spending would magnify wealth inequality, not reduce it, because it would displace […]
Time for a U.S.-Switzerland trade deal?
“Roadmap to America” By Patrick Dümmler and Jennifer Anthamatten, courtesy of Avenir Suisse Free Trade Agreement Switzerland-USA: What we can learn from the first, failed attempt As early as 2006, Switzerland and the US were about to open official negotiations for a free trade agreement. This […]