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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...

Argentina needs major structural reform to prosper

                Courtesy of Libertad y Progreso, via Xinhua     Argentina needs to carry out a series of structural reforms, including in labor and tax matters, to return to the path of economic growth, according to an Argentine economist interviewed on Wednesday.    ...

California's AB5 will kill gig economy

                        New regulation, higher costs, more taxes — that’s how you foster innovation and encourage economic growth, right? Oh right, that’s how you do that other, “killing it off” thing. Well, California’s legislators...

Deja vu, all over again

      By Emilio Ocampo, Board Member, Libertad y Progreso (original) Déjà vu, groundhog day, a nagging feeling that you have already experienced the present. These are expressions everybody seems to be using these days to describe the current Argentine crisis. Below...

Carbon Taxes Will Never Be Enough

                  By Hayden Ludwig, Capital Research Center     There’s a pervasive myth among “eco-cons”—conservatives who accept the theory of global warming—that we can tax our way out of a climate crisis. The myth goes like this: the Earth is getting dangerously...