May Looks to Labor for Brexit Bailout

The debate over industrial policy ended… 35 years ago

      By Erik Sass, TES Editor-in-Chief   The rise of populism has brought with it the return of statism in the economic sphere, especially regarding international trade, where previous moves towards freer trade have been roundly rejected in favor of old-fashioned mercantilism and bilateral brinksmanship. Another aspect of the economic déjà vu is […]

Glass-Steagall Is the Wrong Approach for Regulating Big Tech

By Edward Longe, American Consumer Institute   As Washington continues its anti-consumer war on big tech, Chair of the House Antitrust Subcommittee, David Cicilline (D-RI 01), and other trustbusters have called for a Glass-Steagall law to regulate tech companies. Despite the attractiveness of a Glass-Steagall law for big tech, it would only inflict unnecessary harm […]

Public health responses and their economic costs

      “The consequences of the Covid-19 lockdown: what does history teach us?” By Sergio Beraldo, courtesy of IREF   Last February, this website hosted an article titled “The unintended consequences of coronavirus”. At the time the article was published, the situation was not at all dramatic in Europe. For example, the official Covid-19 […]