“Populist governments hedge power in Corona crisis” Courtesy of IFW Kiel On average, populist governments record significantly lower increases in popularity in the coronavirus crisis than non-populist ones, even though they usually introduced similar policies to contain the pandemic. At the same time, however, populists are making greater use of emergency laws to weaken […]
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China is wrecking Hong Kong, but tariffs won’t help
By Daniel Griswold, courtesy of the Mercatus Center One of humankind’s most dazzling and successful experiments in political economy is coming to an end. For the second half of the 20th century, Hong Kong prospered as an enclave of economic and civil freedom under the benign administration of the United Kingdom, but that freedom may […]
COVID-19 triggered “cascading structural failures”
By Martin Gurri, courtesy of the Mercatus Center Like most people I know, I am presently trapped in social isolation, stuck in a dreamlike parenthesis between what was once normal life and the uncertain struggles lurking on the other side. We are huddled, most of us—the fortunate ones—in our hiding places, waiting. That […]
Does the UK need a “Department for Coronavirus”?
Do we need a ‘Department for Coronavirus’? By Jill Rutter, courtesy of UKIACE We had a Department for Exiting the EU when Brexit was the all-consuming task of the UK government under Theresa May. That department has now been replaced by a team in No.10 running the negotiations in Task Force Europe, and by […]
Time for a new generation of cities?
By Erik Sass, TES Editor-in-Chief One interesting (and paradoxically characteristic) aspect of our frenetic modern world is how rarely we found new cities. After all, for thousands of years it was perfectly normal to “pick up sticks” and start a new settlement. Most of the great cities of Europe are products of Greek, […]
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 […]
Reaching UK climate targets will cost up to £20B per year
The UK has set itself the goal of achieving “net zero emissions” by the year 2050 — and that will require some serious new spending, according to a government report cited by The Guardian. The report, authored by analysts at Vivid Economics, […]