The bad economics that are plastic bag taxes

In January, the British government announced its intention to extend their plastic bag tax to all shops. As of now, only establishments which have more than 250 employees need to impose the charge on single-use plastic bags. In the United States, certain states or cities even go beyond a tax and put an outright ban on them. But the […]

[REPORTAGE] Mady Delvaux iwwer kënschtlech Intelligenz: Kommissioun net aktiv genuch, nei Steiere néideg

Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg realiséiert, an ass den 13. Abrëll ausgestraalt ginn. De Beitrag kann och am Replay op http://www.rtl.lu nogelauschtert ginn. [Radio USO]: Kënschtlech Intelligenz, Datesammlungen, autonom Autoen: technologesch Innovatioun ass een Challenge fir d’Europäesch Unioun, an där vill Politiker gäre méi legal an ekonomesch Secherheet hätten. De Bill Wirtz huet zu Bréissel […]

Wat fir eng Steier misst ofgeschaft ginn? A firwat grad déi?

Dësen Artikel gouf am Kader vun engem Projet geschriwwen dee “Bléckwénkel” heescht. Jonker mat verschiddene politische Philosophien äntwerten op preparéiert Froen, am Sënn vun der Informatioun vu jonke Lycée’s-Schüler. Den Original kann een hei liesen. “D’Diskussioun ronderëm Steieren ass hautdesdaags net méi déi vun “Wéi vill Revenue gëtt gebraucht?”, mee éischter si Steieren ee Moyen gi fir “d’Gesellschaft méi fair ze […]

If you oppose migration from Africa, empower liberty in Africa

Ever since the Arab Spring, migration from Africa to Europe has increased and so has skepticism towards Africans, in particular. This has empowered anti-immigration activists in both Europe and the United States who argue for closing down borders. There are, however, solutions that both sides of this argument could actually get behind.

[REPORTAGE] Viviane Reding: “Amerika brauch lëtzebuerger Stool”

Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg realiséiert, an ass de 6. Abrëll ausgestraalt ginn. De Beitrag kann och am Replay op http://www.rtl.lu nogelauschtert ginn. [Radio USO]: Den amerikanesche Präsident Donald Trump huet Europa temporär vu sengen Steieren op Stool an Aluminium ausgeschloss. An der Europäescher Unioun ass awer kee sech richteg secher wéi et elo weider […]

Can Luxembourg become an important post-Brexit player?

Since the end of the steel industry in the Greater Region (the area of Saarland, Lorraine, Luxembourg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Wallonia and the rest of the French-speaking community of Belgium, and the German-speaking community of Belgium), the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg has focused on the tertiary sector, especially investment and insurance companies. One regulatory advantage which Luxembourg was […]

A French baker was fined $3,700 for “working too much”

The story of a baker in the North East of France who was fined €3,000 for working above the legal maximum is really everything you need to know about what’s wrong with the country. Restrictive labour regulations and resentment towards the most productive in society is what makes France a truly awful place for lovers […]