“Does Entrepreneurship Make a Difference in Health Care? The Case of Private Funded CHSLDs” By Patrick Déry, courtesy of MEI What does entrepreneurship contribute to health care? Despite the example of Europe, where companies have long had a large role to play within universal systems, simply posing this question in Canada can elicit strong […]
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Urgent reforms needed to help Argentine entrepreneurs succeed
Courtesy of Libertad y Progreso The reality of Argentine entrepreneurs is arduous. With growing inflation, the highest taxes in the world, Kafkaesque regulations, and overflowing labor costs, it is not surprising that in Argentina only 15% of the economically active population owns a business […]
EU needs banking overhaul
With the EU’s leadership in transition, there are a lot of ideas for the new powers that be to sort through (or ignore, as they case may be) when it comes to reforming the continent’s financial infrastructure. There are also mixed verdicts on central […]
Macron is neither liberal nor a reformer (but he IS French)
Those who are fond of Voltaire’s famous quip about the Holy Roman Empire should take pleasure in the evisceration of Emmanuel Macron by CapX’s Anne-Elisabeth Moutet, who argues that the French liberal reformer is in fact none of these things — well, except that […]
Sorry, Portuguese recovery was no “miracle”
Colombia may be the home of magic realism as a literary movement, but Argentina seems to be the home of magical thinking as a governing philosophy. The latest trend in magical wish fulfillment has Argentines looking across the Atlantic Ocean to Portugal, which supposedly […]
Anticlimax In The Antipodes: Retracing Argentina’s (latest) debacle
Argentinean President Maurico Macri’s defeat in the country’s national open primary augurs ill for the beleaguered reformer’s program of fiscal responsibility, which Macri himself has already dispatched with a technical default on the country’s bonds as well as the reimposition of capital and currency […]
Argentina can’t shake decades of misgovernment
The election of Mauricio Macri as Argentine president in 2015 was widely viewed as an encouraging development for Argentina and South America generally, as he promised to restore fiscal responsibility, rein in government spending and revive the country’s economic fortunes. But Macri’s administration has encountered […]
DOL Safeguards Religious Liberty, HUD Tackles Zoning Discrimination & more: WASHINGTON BEYOND THE HEADLINES
By Andy Blom, TES Contributor While Congress tries to decide if they need to come back from vacation…oops, recess…for a special session to not do anything about gun control, President Trump floats the idea of buying Greenland. Wow! Washington at work! Still, free market conservatives […]
Will the U.S. and Brazil finally play nice on trade?
After decades of micturating in each other’s breakfast cereal (figuratively, regarding trade issues) the United States and Brazil are finally moving to negotiate a free-trade agreement – and that’s good news for more than one reason. In a new op-ed for The Hill, Christine […]
Nigerian democracy is in trouble
One of the most surprising and promising political developments of recent decades has been the rise of democracy across Africa, holding out hope that the rule of law, investment and economic growth would soon follow. But these young democracies remain fragile, and nowhere is the […]