By Mohamed Moutii, The Institute for Research in Economic and Fiscal Issues In the last European elections, the so-called green parties won a record number of seats and became the fourth largest bloc in the European parliament. The Greens are now seen as pivotal political allies for passing EU legislation. Not surprisingly, […]
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Retailers Adjust Work Schedules to Offset Minimum Wage Hikes
By Ryan Bourne, Cato Institute In both his Cato paper and then an article for the Journal of Economic Perspectives, UC San Diego economist Jeff Clemens delineated the full range of ways any business might adjust to a minimum wage hike. Most empirical research has focused on whether firms cut jobs or […]
Washington Beyond the Headlines: Tax, Tax, Healthcare and…Tax
By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor Joe Biden is bumbling through Europe, getting greeted (for better or worse) as “not Trump”. Benjamin Netanyahu gave his exit speech as Prime Minister of Israel and sounded more like Arnold Swarzenegger than Golda Meir (“I will be baaacckk!”). Aren’t political leaders fun? While our leaders […]
Washington Beyond the Headlines: Gunning for the 2nd Amendment
By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor Our Vice President deals with immigration by flying over the border…but she still hasn’t visited Europe. The Senate is at a standstill, gas prices are rising and inflation is starting to show its ugly head. Welcome to summer 2021. But have hope…free market thinkers and doers […]
Rx Importation Poses a Threat to Consumers, Not A Solution
By Foday Turay, American Consumer Institute According to the GoodRx Research Team, 832 brand drugs have increased by an average of 4.5% since December 31, 2020. Americans pay around $1,200 for prescription drugs a year. The continuing rise of prescription drug prices has a significant impact on many Americans, especially during a global […]
Visionary Milton Friedman and the Chinese Economy
By Rainer Zitelmann In October 1976 it was announced that the Nobel Prize in economics for that year would be awarded to the American economist Milton Friedman. Almost exactly a month before that announcement, Mao Zedong had passed away. Just four years after his death, Friedman visited China for the first time. […]
Uber, Lyft Prices and Wait Times Are Surging—Here’s Why
By Brad Polumbo, Foundation for Economic Education Millions of Americans, myself included, have come to rely on ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft for convenient and affordable transportation. But in recent months, we’ve seen skyrocketing prices and long wait times just to get a ride. As it turns out, the government is […]
Instead of Fighting, We Trade
By Manuel Molano, IMCO Commerce, from time immemorial, has been the alternative to violence. Maybe before we were human, in the animal world cooperation is called symbiosis and is the alternative to predation. Trading we cooperate. The reason we trade is because we want to buy things that we do not […]
A joint declaration on the importance of IPRs to Covid vaccine manufacturing scale-up and future pandemic preparedness
From the Geneva Network We are an informal coalition of civil society organisations that believes that continued collaboration between governments, international organisations, the private sector, and civil society is the fastest way to end the Covid-19 pandemic and kickstart stalled economic growth. Respect for intellectual property rights is key and will […]
Analyzing the Biden Administration’s Tech and Innovation Policy Agenda
By Bartlett Cleland, Pacific Research Institute While it took a couple of months for clarity to replace idle speculation, the Biden administration’s tech and innovation public policy agenda is increasingly clear. The forecast? Government with little chance of free markets. At his recent address to Congress President Biden highlighted “technologies of the future” […]