by editor | Oct 8, 2019 | Finance, Top Page Links
With the EU’s leadership in transition, there are a lot of ideas for the new powers that be to sort through (or ignore, as they case may be) when it comes to reforming the continent’s financial infrastructure. There are also mixed...
by editor | Oct 8, 2019 | Top Page Links
Like an aging jock, the U.S. is sitting on the sidelines as other countries move the ball forward on a field it once dominated. A number of the world’s biggest economies are striking free trade deals, threatening to form regional trade...
by editor | Oct 8, 2019 | Top Page Links
Someday, when the world has been rendered uninhabitable by Gwyneth Paltrow’s luxury self-care products, humanity will need to colonize other planets, beginning with Mars — and when we get there, we will probably want a cheeseburger. But...
by editor | Oct 7, 2019 | Top Page Links
The hot new virtue-signaling trend of “fly shaming” might not be enough to persuade people to fly less, but steep tax hikes might just do the trick. That’s what Germany is cooking up, with the ruling coalition’s new proposed...
by editor | Oct 7, 2019 | Top Page Links
While Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson isn’t afraid to utter the c-word — that’s “capitalism” — in pleasant contrast to his immediate predecessors, his government seems to be steering away from other...
by editor | Oct 7, 2019 | Politics, Top Page Links
Bad ideas have a way of sticking around , but fortunately there’s a home for them called Congress. The recently proposed legislation on drug prices is firmly in this category, relying on what are in effect government-imposed price...
