This article was published by CapX. The French Right settled long ago on their candidate for this year’s crucial elections and have rallied behind Francois Fillon’s social conservatism and liberal economics. On the Left, however, things are not so clear cut – with a confusion of candidates fighting for the nomination on 22 January. Yet never […]
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The Android-iOS competition that surfaced with the appearance of the smartphone is a wonderful example of how free-market competition puts down emerging monopolies. The first generation iPhone was released on June 29, 2007, revolutionised the mobile-industry for decades to come. In the third quarter alone, Apple, as a company that had never produced a firmware for […]
A study published in The Lancet has reviewed the effectiveness of Ebola vaccine rVSV-ZEBOV, and found that all the tests had a magnificent 100 percent success rate. Indeed the trials were so successful that they were stopped early. The fact that this news has passed people unmarked, even though only two years ago Ebola was THE […]
Governments worldwide crack down on the consumption of tobacco. We know that smoking is bad for one’s health, but governments manage to create a new set of health risks through their interventions. The War on Tobacco is amongst the most misguided doctrines in behavioral policy, and yet politicians continue to enforce it. The side effects on private industry […]
Le Pen’s National Front is living off the same media coverage advantages that Donald Trump profited off in the Republican primaries.
European Union Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker, who praised Fidel Castro for his “far-reaching influence” and “a hero for many”, is now deservedly taking heavy fire from parliamentarians from former Soviet-led countries.
When ‘the petroleum industry’ and ‘whales’ are together in one headline, the content of the article is usually understandably one-sided. And yet, industrialisation and the massive extraction of petroleum has effectively saved whales form extinction.
This article is a guest contribution for the website BeingLibertarian.com. You can check it out here. French Republican candidate François Fillon won last Sunday’s primary vote with over two-thirds of the ballots cast for him. Unlike the French left, Fillon is reconcialiable with Russia and seeks to find a diplomatic solution for the situation in Syria. […]
Bill Wirtz 