by editor | Apr 20, 2020 | Competition & Regulation
By Oliver McPherson-Smith and Steve Pociask, American Consumer Institute As the Beltway grapples with reviving the American economy amidst Coronavirus, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is asking for $85 billion in government bailout money to weather this crisis. But...
by editor | Apr 19, 2020 | Taxes
“The Rise of Zombies in the Wake of COVID-19″ Gerard Lucyshyn, courtesy of the Frontier Centre for Public Policy We are spending double the amount of time on our streaming platforms compared to last year, close to 45.4 billion minutes spent on Netflix...
by editor | Apr 19, 2020 | Latin America
“COVID-19: Economic Reactivation In Latin America” Courtesy of IMCO On April 5, the Mexican government presented an economic revival plan in the face of the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. This plan is insufficient to protect families’...
by editor | Apr 19, 2020 | Society
“Certified corona immunity as a resource” Courtesy of IREF In a new IREF Working Paper, David Stadelmann (Bayreuth University and IREF) and his co-authors discuss how the corona epidemic can be made less burdensome. They focus on the role of those who...
by editor | Apr 19, 2020 | UK and Brexit
Do we need a ‘Department for Coronavirus’? By Jill Rutter, courtesy of UKIACE We had a Department for Exiting the EU when Brexit was the all-consuming task of the UK government under Theresa May. That department has now been replaced by a team in No.10 running the...