While opponents focus exclusively on his controversial statements and eccentric attitudes, of which there is no shortage, the election of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro last year still holds out real hope of major, positive reforms in South America’s troubled giant. Several new commentaries, coinciding with talk of a trade deal, outline the upsides […]
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U.S. MINING “SUPER ROYALTY REFORM” WILL HAND CHINA A LOT MORE THAN RARE EARTHS FOR LEVERAGE
By Larry Reaugh, CEO, American Manganese, Inc. In my previous piece published by The Economic Standard, I recommended that the U.S. introduce “Flow-Through Funding” to kick start exploration of critical and rare earth metals, for which the U.S. is presently dependent on imports, most notably […]
TES Weekly Brief: Index capital gains to inflation to boost growth, PRO Act is a union wishlist & more
Editor’s Note Welcome to our inaugural Weekly Brief. We’re sharing some of our latest feature pieces on The Economic Standard below, along with our weekly Washington policy round-up by the legendary Andy Blom for those of you in the D.C. business. Going forward, we’ll share these updates with subscribers on Thursday morning. […]
IN THE ARCTIC RESOURCE WARS, GREENLAND IS A HOT PROPERTY
By Daniel McGroarty, TES GeoPolicy Editor Imagine in some parallel universe, the President orders his national security team to make an offer to buy Greenland. The offer is drawn up, the demarche made, the Danish official receiving it is suitably shocked. […]
Stronger Defense Firms Key to Maintaining America’s Global Tech Edge
By Mead Treadwell, former Alaska Lt. Governor I grew up in a house powered by America’s so-called “military industrial complex.” My late stepfather Walt Lane was chief of flight test at Sikorsky Helicopters. Around our kitchen table we heard regularly about the fervent […]
DOL Safeguards Religious Liberty, HUD Tackles Zoning Discrimination & more: WASHINGTON BEYOND THE HEADLINES
By Andy Blom, TES Contributor While Congress tries to decide if they need to come back from vacation…oops, recess…for a special session to not do anything about gun control, President Trump floats the idea of buying Greenland. Wow! Washington at work! Still, free market conservatives […]
What should you do if you see a drone out the airplane window?
Don’t panic, but do tell someone quietly and calmly. That’s the condensed version of the thoughtful analysis and advice provided by Wayne Lonstein, CEO of VFT Solutions, in a commentary for Forbes addressing this all-too-modern of dilemmas. As for national regulators including transportation officials […]
Will the U.S. and Brazil finally play nice on trade?
After decades of micturating in each other’s breakfast cereal (figuratively, regarding trade issues) the United States and Brazil are finally moving to negotiate a free-trade agreement – and that’s good news for more than one reason. In a new op-ed for The Hill, Christine […]
Hong Kong’s People Power Meets Beijing’s Paranoia Pathology
By Dr. Alexander Görlach, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs What is happening in Hong Kong concerns everyone who believes in a future for democracy and open societies. The autonomous region, promised fifty years of democracy free of interference by Beijing at the time of its handover from […]
PRO Labor Act – a disaster in waiting, flexible parent leave & more: WASHINGTON BEYOND THE HEADLINES
By Andy Blom, TES Contributor At Last…Our Senators and Representatives are busy, energetic and hard at work! Unfortunately that’s because they are in recess and off trying hard to get re-elected. Never fear, in a few short weeks they will be back in Washington spending endless hours and countless taxpayer […]