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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...

Carbon tax would be incompatible with trading system

              “CO2 pricing – Reformation or revolution?” By Dr. Malte Jahn, courtesy of HWWI     The climate policy in Germany is probably more in question than it has been since the first Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) passed 20 years ago. The...