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Welfare spending makes wealth inequality worse

                  “Welfare State Causes Wealth Inequality — Euro Experience” By Chris Edwards, courtesy of Cato Institute     Democrats running for president are condemning wealth inequality while calling for an increase in social spending. But expanding...

Time for a U.S.-Switzerland trade deal?

                  “Roadmap to America” By Patrick Dümmler and Jennifer Anthamatten, courtesy of Avenir Suisse Free Trade Agreement Switzerland-USA: What we can learn from the first, failed attempt As early as 2006, Switzerland and the US were about to open...

Drones have already saved tens of thousands of lives

                “Beyond Visual Line of Sight: The Future of Drones in Healthcare” By Davis Warnell, courtesy of Mercatus Center   On October 1st, UPS Flight Forward, Inc.—a subsidiary of United Parcel Service (UPS)—announced that it had received the first...

Airbus tariffs are a warning shot

                  Courtesy of IFW Kiel   The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has cleared US proposals of countervailing tariffs against European subsidies to Airbus. The US tariffs turn out to be relatively modest, but the US could raise them to up to 100 percent....

Deregulating teacher labor benefits UK students

                  Courtesy of IZA     Teacher markets, like most public sector labor markets, are often characterized by a large bureaucracy and lack of flexibility. Teacher pay typically follows schedules tied to tenure and does not reward teaching performance. What...