By Iain Murray and Johan Norberg “National conservatism” is the flavor of the month, it seems. Recent European elections have seen parties that espouse big government and nationalism gain ground in both Poland and Germany – and the Polish government has duly announced a bigger role for the state in the economy. In the […]
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Future EU, global trade deals will be harder than Brexiters think
“Britain has not yet faced its hard choices” By Daniel Wincott, courtesy of UK in a Changing Europe ‘Global Britain’ is the ultimate goal for many Brexiters. They see new, tailored trade deals around the world as Brexit’s great prize. Fast-growing economies, including India, China and Brazil, feature prominently. Critics counter that increasing […]
Trade uncertainty slowing global economy
“A Fear of Regime Change is Slowing the Global Economy” By Uri Dadush, courtesy of Bruegel Institute Global GDP has slowed sharply, from near 4% in late 2017 to half that rate on an annualised basis in recent quarters. The downturn in fortunes over the last two years has come as a big surprise. […]
We need more globalization, not less
After years when it was presented as an inevitable trend, globalization now seems to be everyone’s favorite political whipping boy, blamed for everything from rising inequality and unchecked immigration to global warming and fake news. But ending or even reversing globalization by erecting trade barriers would have a […]