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Commission consulting on move to qualified majority voting (QMV) on taxation

17 January 2018

On 20th December, the European Commission launched a (relatively brief) consultation on moving from unanimity to qualified majority voting (QMV) in the Council on …

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Note about the White House Report ‘Opportunity Costs of Socialism’

9 January 2019

The White House’s Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) has published a report: “The Opportunity Costs of Socialism”. It is an interesting report with many …

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Paranoid Android. Everything the Commission got wrong in its war on Google

13 December 2018

The Commission’s decision to fine Google for unfair practice was based off of a misunderstanding of the Android ecosystem and a mistaken definition of …

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Credit Day: improving appetite for fiscal responsibility

5 December 2018

13 December marks Credit Day across the European Union. This is the day when, on average, European countries’ central governments exhaust their annual tax …

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Shadow economy: Understanding drivers, reducing incentives

19 November 2018

The aim of this publication is to present and analyse the results of representative population surveys into public perceptions of the shadow economy and …

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The fight against poverty depends on economic freedom

10 November 2018

The most obvious benefit of economic freedom is that, as a system, it is the most conducive to widespread prosperity, that is, to high …

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The EP “Platform-to-business relations” amendments will not make digital markets fairer

Giovanni Caccavello // 15 January 2019

On the 26th April 2018, the European Commission adopted a proposal for regulating the relationships between online platforms and their business consumers. The initiative …

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Violations of the rule of law principles in Poland despite recent amendments

Marek Tatala & Patryk Wachowiec // 14 January 2019

On 21 November, public opinion in Poland and the EU was surprised by the ruling Law and Justice’s (PiS) proposal “backtracking on controversial reforms …

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The antidote to political polarisation is less politics

Dr Kristian Niemietz // 8 January 2019

A lot has been written about how social media (or digital media more generally), by creating online echo chambers and filter bubbles, increases political …

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Who are the ‘Gilets Jaunes’ protestors?

Adam Bartha // 20 December 2018

The French ‘Gilets Jaunes’ started their protests a month ago and since then the global media landscape has interpreted their actions and demands in …

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Either goods will cross borders, or armies will

Nima Sanandaji // 14 December 2018

The practice of economic sanctions is not new. 2,400 years ago, Athens declared a trade embargo on the neighbouring city state of Megara, strangling …

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EU Right to Pursue Liberalization of Aviation Markets

Patrick Hall / 11 December 2018

External aviation policy in Europe was preceded by bilateral agreements between countries. At this time, aviation markets were divided up by country and dominated …

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