I have authored a new policy note for the Consumer Choice Center, on the issue of genetic engineering. You can read the entire document HERE.
EP11: Meat war, Czech food nationalism, and geo-blocking (w/ Ryan Khurana)
In the eleventh episode of ConsEUmer: 🥩 EU wants to restrict red meat 🇨🇿 CZ wants food nationalism 🍔 Veggie-burger fight continues 🚫 Geo-blocking for streaming (w/ Ryan Khurana) Follow Ryan Khurana on Twitter @RyanKhurana February, 4 2021 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
[Video] Diskussioun iwwert de Mindestloun
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[Podcast] Oppen Dieren Episod 2: Budget vun der EU
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EP10: Credit card fees, Vaping bans, and iPhone taxes (w/ Nazlıcan Kanmaz)
EP10 of the ConsEUmer podcast is now available wherever you listen to podcasts! Featuring Frederik Roeder, Michael Landl, and Nazlıcan Kanmaz! EU-Mercosur trade agreement Credit card fees post-Brexit Vaping bans incoming Turkish taxes on electronics and cars Subscribe now!
Understanding “hazard” and “risk”
A lot of the Brussels conversation over the precautionary principle is misguided. By 2030, the European Union’s “Farm to Fork” strategy aims to reduce the use of pesticides significantly. The EU deals in percentages of the total use of chemical substances it wants to cut, whether or not their scientific safety assessment was in any […]
The value of brands
Brands are flashy, but they aren’t malicious Have you ever bought something because of the branding? Surely you have, especially when the packaging is very flashy and enticing. If we were to deny that we respond to good ads we might as well condemn millions of marketing departments to obscurity, because what value does marketing […]
[Video] Interview mam Paulette Lenert
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ConsEUmer podcast / EP9: Uber struggles, Bug eating, and Train Power! (w/ Barbora Mičková)
It’s episode 9 of the ConsEUmer podcast. In this week’s podcast: -> Uber wins and loses in court-> Stop geo-blocking for good-> Should you eat worms?-> Airline reimbursements Special guest this week is Barbora Mičková (@Barbora_Mickova), Senior Policy Advisor at ALLRAIL (@ALLRAIL_EU) on the issue of rail liberalisation in Europe.
Vaccine Passports Are a Terrible Idea
Vaccine rollout is advancing at snail pace in the European Union. At the same time, countries like the United States, the United Kingdom, and Israel are moving quickly to get large parts of the population vaccinated as promptly as possible. As Europe debates the success or failure of its vaccine policy, some countries want to […]
Bill Wirtz 