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June 1, 2014
Published by Timbro on June 1, 2014
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The Green Bubble: How Good Intentions Led to Giddy Speculation

We need clean energy if we are to meet the world’s growing energy needs while avoiding an environmental disaster. But a large part of the subsidies go to projects that will never be profitable.
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May 1, 2014
Published by Timbro on May 1, 2014
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Economic Freedom in the Eu: Mediocre Today – World Leader Tomorrow?

Five years since the outbreak of the most severe economic crisis of our time, there is widespread consensus that today’s levels of unemployment, exclusion, deficit, and debt are unsustainable and need to be addressed. Yet the ongoing debate on “austerity vs. growth” is misleading and false.
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November 1, 2012
Published by IEA on November 1, 2012
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Barriers to Prosperity – Developing Countries and the Need for Trade Liberalisation

Non-tariff barriers are an important impediment to trade for less developed countries. They need to be brought to the forefront of the trade debate if developing countries are to move into the export of higher value added products.
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June 1, 2012
Published by IEA on June 1, 2012
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The Shadow Economy

Measurement of the shadow economy is notoriously difficult as it requires estimation of economic activity that is deliberately hidden from official transactions. Surveys typically understate the size of the shadow economy but econometric techniques can now be used to obtain a much better understanding of its size.
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