“Banking regulation in the Euro Area: Germany is different” By Nicolas Véron, courtesy of the Bruegel Institute Despite progress in recent years towards a single banking policy framework in the euro area – a banking union – much of the German banking system has remained partly sheltered from uniform rules and disciplines that now […]
Author: Erik Sass
Hoarding Uranium Fixes a Problem that Doesn’t Exist
By Oliver McPherson-Smith, ACI The Department of Energy recently announced plans to develop a strategic uranium stockpile for America’s nuclear energy reactors. While having ample sources of uranium is central to low emissions energy security, the likelihood of running out of the resource is an incredibly rare scenario. Rather than pouring taxpayer money into a redundant stockpile, the […]
Starting Your Own City: An Ancient, New Idea
By Erik Sass, Editor-in-Chief An old international system no longer fit for purpose. Unaccountable local governments indulging in waste and corruption. Then a sudden shock, producing chaos and collapse – and finally a surprising rebirth, embodied in a new generation of vibrant human communities, created using new technologies and mediums of exchange. […]
Will Post-Pandemic California Be More Progressive or More Libertarian?
By Kerry Jackson, Pacific Research Institute From government officials to pundits, we’ve been told the world will be a different place after the COVID-19 lockdowns have been lifted. What, one wonders, will California be like? Will it move even further left? If we’re willing to listen, the pandemic has provided some instructive lessons on […]
Promising COVID-19 Treatment Faces Political Hurdles
Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is part of recommended treatment for COVID-19 in modern healthcare systems around the world, and every day brings new evidence that appears to support this judgment call by overseas public health authorities. Sadly the U.S. is the only country on earth where the drug has become a toxic political football — due entirely […]
Washington Beyond the Headlines: Just Say “NO” to State Bailouts!
By Andy Blom, TES Correspondent Amidst all of the Coronavirus confusion, hoopla and hysteria, a couple of big questions are emerging: When do we open? Who foots the bill? Serious, and some not so serious, thinkers are putting forth ideas, suggestions, warnings and bulls**t ideas. Will there ever be a normal? (Yes.) Was this […]
Sleepwalking into statism
“Policy cures worse than the disease” By HSH Prince Michael von Liechtenstein, courtesy of ECAEF The world has lost its head and gone into a panicky, large-scale economic lockdown. Coronavirus rules supreme. The disease started in Wuhan, a city in the Hubei province of China. After first ignoring the problem, the authorities in […]
Don’t forget indoor air pollution in COVID-19 fight
“Lack of Clean Cooking Energy Aggravates Coronavirus Impact in Africa” By Grace Kageni Mbungu, courtesy of IASS Around the world the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted life as we know it. However, it is important not to lose sight of the fact that the coronavirus exists on top of many underlying health, social, and economic […]
Germany exports to UK declined after 2016
“German Exports to the UK: declining since the Brexit referendum in 2016” IAB The rules defining trade between Germany and the United Kingdom (UK) have not changed despite Brexit. Nevertheless, there is a clear downward trend in German exports of goods to the UK since the referendum in June 2016. The strongest reductions are […]
Key workers make 8% less than other Brits, on average
“Key workers’ hourly wages are 8% lower on average than other employees” Institute for Fiscal Studies The response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has underlined the critical role of the UK’s key workers, many of whom are in relatively low-paid sectors such as food or social care. Overall, a third of key worker employees […]