Blog
June 3, 2016
An article from the IMF’s magazine, entitled ‘Neoliberalism: Oversold?’, has been making the rounds on social media. This is not surprising: bemoan ‘neoliberalism’ in one way or another, and you are virtually guaranteed roaring applause on social media.
June 1, 2016
Piketty’s publication has reignited the debate over taxation. Proponents of higher taxation seized the opportunity to increase taxes.
May 31, 2016
The evidence since 2012 suggests that plain packaging has not helped to reduce smoking prevalence in Australia: the percentage of adult smokers in the country actually increased immediately after the law came into force.
May 23, 2016
After several failed attempts since 2012, the “Nutella tax” appears to have been abandoned in France.
May 19, 2016
The Swedish gender equality discussion is characterized by a remarkable paradox. While Sweden, along with the other Nordic countries, tops the international index of gender equality, we perform abysmally in terms of female entrepreneurship and top managers.
May 18, 2016
As growth rates in the Eurozone gather steam, policymakers’ concerns are increasingly shifting to low inflation.
May 16, 2016
“When I turned 15, my parents gave me a copy of “The Road to Serfdom”. Some of the ideas in Hayek’s book came as a shock to me, and I contacted the editor, who eventually gave me the address of Hayek’s summer residence in Tirol. I knocked and he opened his door. We started discussing, and we never stopped, until his last years.”
May 11, 2016
To say that negotiations for an EU-U.S. trade deal, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), have lost momentum since they kicked off in the summer of 2013 is an understatement.
May 10, 2016
Over the past year, the shadow economy in Lithuania has decreased from 27% to 26% of the GDP. This is not surprising as, according to the same calculations, the shadow economy has been contracting for five consecutive years.
