International
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Davos Does Damage Control
The world’s patience with Great Reset, net-zero carbon, and similar schemes has waned as economic realities continue to intrude on elites’ misguided priorities.
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Trudeau’s Horrible Carbon Tax Implementation
A carbon tax puts a price on emissions externalities. Conflating it with heavy-handed regulations killed its simplicity and hamstrung its popularity.
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Why the US Grows While the EU Slows: Adam Smith’s Recipe
Adam Smith’s recipe of “peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice” explains much of the discrepancy in GDP.
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The Unintended Consequences of US Intervention in Libya
As in many cases, the United States would be better off having done nothing than triggering such a calamitous descent into violent chaos.
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Why Are There No Trillion-Dollar Companies in Europe?
Large companies don’t just happen. They are born, fostered, and grown in low-tax, high-opportunity societies.
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In Bolivia, Central Planning Comes Home to Roost
Bolivia has fueled the expansion of its bureaucratic machine with unsustainable debt and intolerable meddling in business affairs.
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How Billionaires Became an Endangered Species in Norway
High and often irrational wealth taxes have driven entrepreneurs and earners out of Norway, and the Socialist Party seems happy to see them go.
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Denmark Passes the World’s First ‘Fart Tax’—But This is No Laughing Matter
Cow farts are a distraction, and the joke’s on us. The Danish tax is a significant step toward the state ownership of the means of production.
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The Economic Roots of France’s Political Collapse
France followed Greece and Italy by making government promises its economy can’t possibly keep. The resulting fiscal crisis and political chaos were near inevitable. Will the whole Eurozone be next?
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The Ongoing Case for Argentine Dollarization
Pegging the peso to the dollar not only solidifies economic improvement and lower inflation, but protects against future populist regimes.
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Davos Does Damage Control
The world’s patience with Great Reset, net-zero carbon, and similar schemes has waned as economic realities continue to intrude on elites’ misguided priorities.
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•
Trudeau’s Horrible Carbon Tax Implementation
A carbon tax puts a price on emissions externalities. Conflating it with heavy-handed regulations killed its simplicity and hamstrung its popularity.
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•
Why the US Grows While the EU Slows: Adam Smith’s Recipe
Adam Smith’s recipe of “peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice” explains much of the discrepancy in GDP.
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•
The Unintended Consequences of US Intervention in Libya
As in many cases, the United States would be better off having done nothing than triggering such a calamitous descent into violent chaos.
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•
Why Are There No Trillion-Dollar Companies in Europe?
Large companies don’t just happen. They are born, fostered, and grown in low-tax, high-opportunity societies.
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•
In Bolivia, Central Planning Comes Home to Roost
Bolivia has fueled the expansion of its bureaucratic machine with unsustainable debt and intolerable meddling in business affairs.
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•
How Billionaires Became an Endangered Species in Norway
High and often irrational wealth taxes have driven entrepreneurs and earners out of Norway, and the Socialist Party seems happy to see them go.
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•
Denmark Passes the World’s First ‘Fart Tax’—But This is No Laughing Matter
Cow farts are a distraction, and the joke’s on us. The Danish tax is a significant step toward the state ownership of the means of production.
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•
The Economic Roots of France’s Political Collapse
France followed Greece and Italy by making government promises its economy can’t possibly keep. The resulting fiscal crisis and political chaos were near inevitable. Will the whole Eurozone be next?
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•
The Ongoing Case for Argentine Dollarization
Pegging the peso to the dollar not only solidifies economic improvement and lower inflation, but protects against future populist regimes.