COVID vs the environment: the Kuznets Curve in action?

The COVID-19 pandemic and the accompanying lockdowns reduced global CO2 emissions by 7 percent last year. Some environmentalists, such as the University College London …

Vaccine Passports are the way to go for the EU

Vaccine passports are all the rage right now in the EU. One of the largest consequences of the pandemic has been significant restrictions to …

Lessons from vaccination strategies: the EU needs a dose of pragmatism

While the EU has been criticised for its lack of preparation, guidance, and strong unified response amidst the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, the arrival of vaccines …

The response to the pandemic: A Hayekian view

Socio-economic systems should be understood as ‘complex’ phenomena that cannot effectively be controlled or managed through central planning. In general, markets and other decentralised …

Post-coronavirus, how should the West approach China?

Covid–19 has done more than cause a medical and economic crisis. It is provoking a major reorientation of the foreign policy of both the United …

Coronabonds offer the wrong path

The German newspaper ‘Süddeutsche Zeitung’ published an open letter by well-known artists about an initiative to issue Coronabonds in order to share the burden …