Dans leur combat pour un « développement durable », de multiples ONGs s’opposent à l’utilisation du granulé de bois pour la production énergétique. Faut-il en conséquence en restreindre la production et l’importation ?
Emmanuel Macron is a Hypocrite on Protectionism
This article has been co-authored with Louis Rouanet. On Sunday, French voters headed to the polls to vote in the second round of the parliamentary elections. The political party of the new president Emmanuel Macron, La République En Marche, has won an absolute majority, distancing all his political rivals by a considerable share of the […]
Safarisource: the Airbnb for Safaris cuts out the middle-man
As the sharing economy develops, the opportunities for cutting out the middle-man seem endless. After Lyft and Uber revolutionised personal transport, BlaBlaCar challenged public transportation and Airbnb overthrew our concept of monetising our own properties, Safarisource attempts to do the same thing with safaris. Launched at the INDABA tourism trade fair in South Africa on […]
Meet Alberto Alemanno, Brussel’s Most Influential Lobbyist
It’s an average morning in the European Parliament in Brussels, the center of power for the European Union. Avalanches of lawmakers, policy advisors, and lobbyists trickle through the immense doors at the Place de Luxembourg, filling the chamber’s committee rooms with discussions over new laws and regulations. At the cafeteria of the parliament’s Northern aisle, […]
Emmanuel Macron now has an uncomfortably large majority
On Sunday, French voters headed to the polls to vote in their second round of parliamentary elections. The first round saw large leads for La République En Marche, the brand new party of recently elected president Emmanuel Macron, which received 32.5 percent of the overall vote.
The Cost of the War on Drugs: the Example of France
France is among the most strict European countries in the repression against drugs. As a result, the question about the real cost of this repression of illegal substances arises is a particularly pertinent one. For all those who do not want to make the effort of listening to me on why the War on Drugs […]
De Réckbléck vun der Woch [24/2017]
Heiansdo sinn Nouvellen zu Lëtzebuerg ze kleng fir ee ganzen Artikel driwwer ze schreiwen, dofir hei de Réckbléck vun dëser Woch. Wien d’lescht Woch verpasst huet, dee fënnt se hei.
For this German socialist, the EU is the only thing saving Europe from “death and totalitarianism”
In September, Germans will head to the polls to elect a new parliament. Incumbent Chancellor Angela Merkel’s biggest challenger is the leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) Martin Schulz, who is the former chairman of the European Union Parliament. Schulz is known for his eccentric rants and aggressive tone, especially when it comes to […]
Pět důvodů, proč ukončit zákazy kouření
This article has been translated into Czech by Martin Pánek for Laissez Faire. It can be read here. The original was an article published by the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE). Několik posledních desetiletí se vlády snaží důrazně zakročit vůči spotřebě tabáku, v což zahrnuly zákaz kouření n mnohých místech, jako jsou bary nebo restaurace. Ale v průběhu […]
Natural Learners: How ‘un-schooling’ Opens New Ways of Education to Children
Remember school? Long and painful hours of disheartening top-down teaching from a professor who knows very well that none of his students have any interest what so ever in the subject at hand. Public schooling leaves an undoubted mark on people, and with drop-out rates at a record high, we need to fundamentally rethink schooling […]
