“Beyond Visual Line of Sight: The Future of Drones in Healthcare” By Davis Warnell, courtesy of Mercatus Center On October 1st, UPS Flight Forward, Inc.—a subsidiary of United Parcel Service (UPS)—announced that it had received the first full “Part 135 Standard” certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) […]
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Airbus tariffs are a warning shot
Courtesy of IFW Kiel The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has cleared US proposals of countervailing tariffs against European subsidies to Airbus. The US tariffs turn out to be relatively modest, but the US could raise them to up to 100 percent. According to researchers at […]
Deregulating teacher labor benefits UK students
Courtesy of IZA Teacher markets, like most public sector labor markets, are often characterized by a large bureaucracy and lack of flexibility. Teacher pay typically follows schedules tied to tenure and does not reward teaching performance. What happens when such heavily regulated labor markets […]
Tory agenda focuses on government intervention, ignores markets
Queen’s Speech focused on increasing “Government intervention”, ignoring role of markets By Mark Littlewood, Director, courtesy of IEA The Government’s commitment to preserve free trade with the European Union and expand free trade with the rest of the world remain a welcome pledge, as emphasised […]
Carbon tax would be incompatible with trading system
“CO2 pricing – Reformation or revolution?” By Dr. Malte Jahn, courtesy of HWWI The climate policy in Germany is probably more in question than it has been since the first Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) passed 20 years ago. The voices of the “Fridays for Future […]
Young people in UK face stagnant incomes, lower wealth
“How are younger generations faring compared to that of their parents and grandparents?” By Jonathan Cribb, courtesy of IFS Interest in how the economic circumstances of younger generations compare to those who are older shows no signs of slowing. Politicians on all sides of […]
Reducing regional disparities with tax reform: ideas from Eastern Europe
By Robert Chovanculiak, courtesy of INESS Regional differences are not something that can be easily removed. Especially in Slovakia, which has not experienced proper urbanization and has residents scattered in 3,000 villages throughout the country, with their mobility limited by local ownership of property. […]
Guess who’s at the bottom of the Property Rights Index
The Property Rights Alliance has released the latest edition of its annual Property Rights Index, rating countries on various metrics for property rights protections. Produced in partnership with the Foundation for Economic Freedom and Minimal Government Thinkers, a think tank in the Philippines, the index […]
ECB stimulus is on collision course with German constitution
“The euro and the German constitution” By Prince Michael of Liechtenstein, courtesy of GIS (Ed: revisiting in light of the fresh legal challenge in Germany to ECB bond-buying, filed October 8). Two legal challenges to the EU central bank’s most controversial policies have […]
Putting calories on menus influences how much people eat
Courtesy of ESRI (Ireland) Where calorie information is placed on menus influences how much people order and eat, according to new research by the ESRI’s Behavioural Research Unit. The researchers conducted a carefully controlled behavioural experiment in which consumers were initially unaware that their […]