“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 […]
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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 […]
Argentina needs major structural reform to prosper
Courtesy of Libertad y Progreso, via Xinhua Argentina needs to carry out a series of structural reforms, including in labor and tax matters, to return to the path of economic growth, according to an Argentine economist interviewed on Wednesday. Natalia Motyl, an analyst […]
No-deal Brexit will hit global economy hard, UK hardest of all
With Brexit negotiations going down to the wire (again) it looks increasingly likely that the UK will “crash out” of the European Union without a deal if the EU refuses to grant another extension. This would be very damaging to the British economy and […]
China must focus finance on small business
The words “Chinese companies” summon images of sprawling tech giants or vast state-owned enterprises, but like most other countries a large share of China’s economy is composed of small businesses — but this critical if unsung economic sector is marginal at best in the […]
Yes, a financial transaction tax is an awful idea
A tax on financial transactions has long been a popular idea on the far left, with the latest proposal for a levy on transactions coming from UK’s Labour Party under the leadership of the unreconstructed Marxist Jeremy Corbyn. However the proposal is a spectacularly […]
U.S. needs military threat to negotiate credibly with Iran
Iran’s escalation of the not-so-secret proxy war in the Persian Gulf with two drone attacks crippling Saudi Arabian oil production, raises the obvious question of how the U.S. and it allies should respond. But America’s options are constrained in large part because of the […]
Can threat of decoupling resolve trade war?
Donald Trump’s famous claim that “trade wars are easy to win” has attracted much “I told you so”-ing from economists and pundits, as the U.S. dispute with China drags on and on in the face of Chinese intransigence, apparently with no end in sight. However […]
Rather Than “Green New Deal,” How About A “Green Real Deal?”
Calls for a sweeping “Green New Deal,” costing a mere $93 trillion, naturally give fiscally responsible sorts the willies and should be a sobering prospect to anyone who happens to remember that we are stone cold broke. However, how about a Green “Real Deal,” involving a more limited set of public-private works, undertaken […]