RESEARCH ROUNDUP
GEOPOLICY & RESOURCES
- China is wrecking Hong Kong, but tariffs won’t help
By Daniel Griswold, courtesy of the Mercatus Center
- Red Tape Helps China, Hurts Critical U.S. Super-Conductor Chip Manufacturing
- Hong Kong democracy movement still in China’s crosshairs
- Beware of trying to “make China pay” for COVID-19
- WHO’s Failings: Time for a New UN Health Agency?
- The G20 is a big deal again
- RED SWAN: The Story of a Secret Cable and the Crisis We Could Have Seen Coming
- Will this Black Swan make us stronger?
SOCIETY
- Free Private Cities: The Future of Governance
By Titus Gebel, Free Private Cities
- Killing the patient to save the finger: COVID-19 is a metaphor for our time
- Starting Your Own City: An Ancient, New Idea
- Will Post-Pandemic California Be More Progressive or More Libertarian?
- Sleepwalking into statism
- We must guard against resurgent extremism during pandemic crisis
- Congress Should Put Puerto Rico Statehood on the Post-COVID To-Do List
COMPETITION & REGULATION
- Washington Beyond the Headlines: Admin Has Chopped 570 Regulations
By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor
- California’s anti-freelance law violates free speech
- Targeting H-1B visas won’t help fight COVID-19, but will delay recovery
- Washington Beyond the Headlines: Are Businesses Competing with Prison Labor?
- Hoarding Uranium Fixes a Problem that Doesn’t Exist
- COVID-19 triggered “cascading structural failures”
- President Trump, Use True Capitalism To Restore American Prosperity Fast!
- Ending the Jones Act Would Give China More Leverage
TECH & INNOVATION
- TV White Space Technology Could Help Close the Digital Divide, and Not Just Hypothetically
By Krisztina Puzok, ACI
- State rules stand in the way of social-distancing pharmacy kiosks
- Digital Marketing in a Pandemic
- Coronavirus vaccine? Not so fast
- Can AI help fight COVID-19?
- Are central banks planning their own cryptocurrencies?
TAX & FINANCE
- Emergency COVID-19 Stimulus Programs Are a Short-Term Solution
By Thomas Hoenig, Mercatus Center
- Europe urgently needs a capital markets union
- Why German banking rules are different
- Washington Beyond the Headlines: Just Say “NO” to State Bailouts!
- Beware the COVID-19 Corporate Zombies!
- IMF should double funds to $2T, offer debt moratorium for COVID-19 crisis response
- Alaska can’t afford an income tax!
- Global digital tax proposal is a recipe for decline
ENVIRONMENT
- Don’t forget indoor air pollution in COVID-19 fight
By Grace Kageni Mbungu, IASS
- Does COVID-19 pose a threat to the EU’s climate neutrality efforts?
- Attach green conditions to recovery aid, say environmentalists
- Federal Interference Blocking Renewable Energy
- Carbon tax would be disruptive, destructive for Britain
EU
- The Great EU Airline Refund Scam
By Bill Wirtz, AEC
- Germany exports to UK declined after 2016
- EU should cancel African debt to push back on Chinese influence
- Will SURE Shield EU Workers from the Corona Crisis?
- Eurobonds were a bad idea. “Coronabonds” are too
- Facing coronavirus, “EU solidarity must be more than an empty slogan”
LATIN AMERICA
- Pandemic highlights Latin American innovators – and laggards
By Federico N. Fernández, Somos Innovación
- Government’s plan for reopening Mexico is insufficient
- With radical change, Argentina can turn this crisis to its advantage
- Will Paraguay Follow Argentina’s Economic Decline?
- Our Cuba policy is outdated and counterproductive
UK & BREXIT
- Review of “There & Back Again”, by D.M. Cummings
- Key workers make 8% less than other Brits, on average
- Does the UK need a “Department for Coronavirus”?
- Corona downturn and NHS disruptions will hit elderly, low-income hardest
- Emergency stimulus plan will cost billions
- UK taxpayers subsidizing lobbying industry, political campaigns