TAX & REGULATION
- Weekly Update: Hungary’s Economic Miracle
- Natural disasters encourage redistributionist opinion
- Don’t Beat Up on the NCAA: Players Are Compensated in Different Ways
- Let’s get real about CSR
- Hungary Squares the Circle of Globalization
- Investment controls are bad for Switzerland, Europe, and the world
- UK council finances are unsustainable, new model urgently needed
TECH
- Will Blockchain Undermine Central Bank Control – Or Amplify It?
By Erik Sass, TES Editor-in-Chief
- The digital revolution is losing steam
- How I learned to stop worrying and love AI
- Kremlins Out of the System: Russia will turn off outside Internet, turn it back on
- Tesla fortunes turn – but will it last?
- Make way for the delivery drones (by empowering local government)
EU
- Whither the EU? (Wither the EU?)
By Dr. Rudolf Pozgay, AEC
- Better late than never: EU gears up to tackle money laundering
- Don’t give up on EU enlargement, or reform, Monsieur le Presidént!
- Don’t let regulations cancel advantages of bank integration
- EU transfers fuel corruption, white collar crime
- “This is a mess”: QE isn’t working – and neither is government
- EU and India’s strategic partnership: hot topic or hot air?
UK & BREXIT
- London Uber ban a “dark day”
By Shanker Singham, IEA
- Labour manifesto is a “step back into the dark ages”
- There are actually two possible “no deals”
- Pro- and anti-Brexit electoral alliances start to take shape
- UK foreign aid exports nanny state around the world
- “Brexit is not going to be the only game in town”
LATIN AMERICA
GEOPOLICY & RESOURCES
- Trump is Not Pulling Us Out of Syria, But He Should
By Dominick Mellusi, GMU
- Strategic threats to Europe are multiplying
- V4 countries diverge on European defense initiatives, but still have a lot to offer
- “A European pillar in NATO is overdue”
- 30 Years After the Fall
- China elbowing Europe aside in Russian market
HEALTH
- Yes, the government needs to do something about obesity
By Jason Peirce, GMU
- French pharmacists paid not to dispense drugs?
- Government Tries to Regulate Drug Prices by Violating the First Amendment
- Traffic pollution affects academic performance
- Legalize It: CDC vaping findings support ending pot prohibition
- Importing Bad Ideas: Let’s Not
ENVIRONMENT
- Like it or not, Greta and Extinction Rebellion are here to stay
By Steven Gislam, Industry Europe
- Cities key to fight against climate change
- Yes, it’s time for Germany to spend on infrastructure and environment
- Bank of England tackles climate change with protective mountain of paper
- Reduce emissions from urban cargo by coordinating shared transport
- How to make the European Green New Deal work
- Zero carbon rule would just make UK housing (even more) unaffordable
TRADE
- Epic Fail: Trump’s trade policy in a nutshell
By Daniel Griswold, Mercatus Center
- WTO disputes can be resolved faster, please
- WEEKLY UPDATE: Can economic freedom survive populism?
- Advancing Free Markets in Populist Times
- Canada passed a free trade deal with itself – and it’s still not enough
- Brexit uncertainty cost UK new Tesla gigafactory
- It’s not just USMCA: Canada needs to tackle internal trade barriers, too
FARM TO FUTURE
- Yummy: Thanksgiving dinner costs less than ever
By Chelsea Follett, Cato Institute
- No more meat-homogenous mass: the quest for fake meat that looks real
- China cracks down on illegal vaccines in swine fever disaster
- Why does Switzerland have sugar subsidies? Why does anyone?
- And who shall watch the sheep? No one, apparently
- China’s pig population will take five years to recover