Blog
July 19, 2023
The last three years have brought many old ghosts to Europe. The COVID-19 pandemic was the biggest health crisis since the Spanish flu, wars have erupted again on European soil after decades of peace, and inflation, a long-gone foe for the bureaucrats in the European Central Bank, has struck again.
June 29, 2023
Equality of opportunity is a key foundational principle of liberalism. The most widely accepted definition of equality of opportunity among liberals is the absence of systematic barriers, such as legal discrimination, which hinder individuals from achieving their life goals.
June 27, 2023
Charles Ponzi became famous in the 1920s for running a $20 million fraud, whereby clients would be promised succulent profit margins from a risk-free investment that later turned out to be paid by the investments of later victims who fell in the con artist’s trap.
June 26, 2023
In my opinion, we often overlook the benefits of the current EU. It is based on constitutional frameworks that, to a very large extent, meet the criteria for a good constitution – as we know them from constitutional economics.
May 31, 2023
After three decades of relative price stability, inflation has returned with a vengeance to the world’s advanced economies.
May 30, 2023
Harry Lime, the villain of the classic movie The Third Man, is an early example of the kind of smart movie villain who is not simply randomly bad, but who rationalises his actions in ways that, in their own twisted way, make some sense.
May 30, 2023
The rest of the world is keen to adopt technological innovations, but Italy seems to be stuck in the past.
March 16, 2023
The EU is in an existential debt crisis. This crisis is often overlooked, and if it is not brought under control, it may lead to the formation of a federal state though undemocratic means, the breaking apart of the Union, or both.
March 10, 2023
Poland’s geographic potential for wind energy development is similar to that of industry leaders; yet, the interference of the Polish government continues to block onshore wind power projects.
