Don’t Look Back In Danger: AEC Looks Backwards and Forwards

Africa Trade Pact Is Great News for U.S., Too

As the rest of the world is gripped by tariffs and trade wars, Africa has quietly taken a leadership position in free trade with the adoption of a continental free trade agreement – by 52 countries, no less – that promises to boost commerce and productivity across the world’s poorest region. It’s also good news […]

Are central banks planning their own cryptocurrencies?

  “Do Central Banks Intend to Launch Central Bank Digital Currencies?” By Gordon Kerr, Cavin O’Driscoll and Enrico Colombatto, courtesy of IREF   A substantial and growing amount of press attention has been devoted to the subject of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) since last year’s announcement of Libra which spooked regulators at central banks who are […]

BAD PASSENGERS: UK, Sweden Take Aim At Air Travel Mobility

  For many years increased mobility was touted as one of the benefits of economic development as well as one of its main drivers, reflecting a virtuous cycle connecting the movement of labor and goods with rising prosperity. Now, however, mobility is viewed as anything but virtuous due to all-important environmental concerns. As in all […]