While there may be no silver lining to the coronavirus pandemic, we can at least be “grateful for technology-based services … Continue reading “What if the coronavirus had hit us 25 years ago?”

I promise that this isn’t one of those schmaltzy “Look on the bright side”/”There is a silver lining to all … Continue reading ““Corona ’95”: what if the Coronavirus had hit us 25 years earlier?”

“Paying off autocratic leaders to keep the “problem” away is both unsustainable and morally reprehensible for a union of countries … Continue reading “EU needs to agree position on refugees, writes Adam Bartha”

“Although there are ominous dark clouds gathering, there are already a small number of silver linings that might help in … Continue reading “The government should keep some Covid measures”

Apart from concerns for our neighbours, friends, families and mankind, it goes without saying that the current pandemic and the … Continue reading “Some classical liberal thoughts on the coronavirus pandemic”

At a time like this, those of us who believe in free markets and limited government face challenges in justifying … Continue reading “Covid-19 will help us choose regulations to ditch”

At this time of the rapid spread of coronavirus we can, of course, easily see one the downsides of globalisation. However, globalisation has … Continue reading “Five decades on from Populorum Progressio, have we achieved one world?”

In normal times, cash payments regardless of individual need would be too expensive, poorly targeted, and distortionary, says IEA Economics … Continue reading “UBI-style cash payments for individuals would “go some way” to helping households stay afloat”

The Humboldt University, located in East Berlin, was once the largest university of the German Democratic Republic, and one of … Continue reading “Californian think tank publishes “Best Books on the Folly of Socialism””