By James Edwards, Ph.D, Conservatives for Property Rights Remember how early mobile phones routinely dropped calls? Mobile devices today operate on better technology. The innovative system, called “code division multiple access,” supplanted an approach the telecommunications industry was considering as the underpinning for wireless communication. CDMA more efficiently uses airwaves to handle […]
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Guess who’s at the bottom of the Property Rights Index
The Property Rights Alliance has released the latest edition of its annual Property Rights Index, rating countries on various metrics for property rights protections. Produced in partnership with the Foundation for Economic Freedom and Minimal Government Thinkers, a think tank in the Philippines, the index […]
TES Weekly Update: Welcome to the Age of Tech Metals
Rare earths are just the beginning It’s no mistake that past ages of human history were named after metals. The ability to produce and use minerals has not only been the foundation of each era’s technology, but has also shaped society and […]
South Africa’s mining industry in danger
By Eustace Davie, courtesy Libre Afrique and Contrepoints The South African Parliament needs to review the legislation and regulations governing the mining industry. Indeed, this legal framework does not respect the Constitution and is responsible for the uncertainty that hangs over the South […]
Feds back down on private property grab
The U.S. federal government is not known for dialing back its authority or admitting defeat in cases with its own citizens — but this rarest of events has apparently come to pass in Louisiana, where the feds have given up on a sweeping land […]
Let’s Bring Nicolás Maduro to Justice
Here’s How We Prosecute Him for Crimes Against Humanity By Federico N. Fernández November 9th, 2019 marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. With it, a large part of mankind was liberated from the shackles of communism. Few events have been more important in history. […]