By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor What a week…Impeachment…State of the Union (watch it here)…Iowa! Well, no matter how crazy the politicians make us, free market policy people keep working on issues and ideas that affect America, and the world. Read on for this week’s news… The PRO Act is a […]
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USMCA: A victory for American workers, needlessly delayed by petty politics
By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor On Wednesday. January 29th, President Donald Trump signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA) into law, at long last replacing the outdated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Trump called it “…the largest, most significant, modern, and balanced trade agreement in history. All of our countries […]
Ich muss, selbst ohne meinen fuss: Germans go to work sick in “presentism” plague
“Sick to work? Presentism is widespread in Germany” Courtesy of IAB In Germany, many employees go to work despite illness. This has to do with working conditions and fear of job loss. It therefore makes sense to work more towards appropriate health behavior. Illness-related absence from work is a not insignificant problem for the […]
Around half a million German jobs depend on exports to UK
“460,000 jobs in Germany are linked to exports to the United Kingdom” Courtesy of the IAB Around 460,000 jobs in Germany are directly or indirectly linked to exports to the United Kingdom. Around 60,000 of these are employed in the automotive industry. This emerges from a study published on Tuesday by the Institute for Labor […]
London Uber ban a “dark day”
“TfL’s effective ban on Uber represents a ‘dark day’ for consumers and drivers” By Shanker Singham, courtesy of IEA Transport for London’s effective ban on Uber in London represents a dark day for competition and progress in the UK. Uber – and other platforms like it – give consumers real alternatives […]
Yes, the government needs to do something about obesity
By Jason Peirce, George Mason University As our gross domestic product has risen, so has our body-mass index. This is not a coincidence but is instead a logical consequence of free markets. Our dietary preferences that evolved to prevent starvation are now promoting obesity and its related diseases. The market magic that efficiently […]
And who shall watch the sheep? No one, apparently
“New Policy Banning H‑2A Sheepherders Shows Need for Congress to Act” By David Bier, courtesy of the Cato Institute Yesterday, the Trump administration announced it would end a decades-old practice of allowing sheep and goat herders to enter the United States as guest workers under the H-2A program. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services […]
New Protectionism: Still Protectionism and Bad Economics
By Veronique de Rugy, courtesy of the Mercatus Center For several years now, news headlines have reflected anxieties about the effects of globalization and freeing trade: Will jobs evaporate? Does China have an “unfair” advantage? Is the middle class disappearing? These fears need to be addressed, because they have resulted […]
How I learned to stop worrying and love AI
“Artificial intelligence will be good for workers” By Gaël Campan and Luc Vallée, courtesy of MEI Are machines going to steal our jobs? That is the question that keeps popping up in light of the rapid progress of artificial intelligence (AI). Research shows, however, that such fears about the adverse impact of AI […]
Winds of change for the EU and Morocco
By James Moran, CEPS After a period in the doldrums, it has been a good year so far for EU-Morocco relations. In February, the European Parliament approved amendments to the EU-Morocco association and fisheries agreements, addressing the dispute about the inclusion of Western Sahara in the scope of those accords. This helped […]