“Coronabonds: Eurobonds Redux in Times of COVID-19” By Bill Wirtz, courtesy of the Austrian Economics Center As the Coronavirus pandemic continues to affect European countries – and the most affected countries are simultaneously the more indebted Eurozone countries, the issue of mutualized debt has once again been put on the agenda. Spain and Italy […]
By Richard Tren, TES Contributor Recently news broke about a potentially promising new tool to combat malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases. Researchers from the University of Maryland in the United States, in collaboration with a research institute in Burkina Faso, have discovered a new genetically modified fungus that kills mosquitoes […]
Although French President Emmanuel Macron offers a number of good, if vague, ideas in theory, on issues like international trade he actually sounds a lot like protectionist U.S. president Donald Trump, Epicenter’s Adam Bartha writes, citing Macron’s proposals like a “European preference” for government procurement. Even worse is Macron’s proposal for centrally controlled wages, which […]