This week I launched the ConsEUmer podcast, the European podcast of the Consumer Choice Center. Broadcasting every Thursday, wherever you listen to podcasts. I will be updating you on the latest consumer choice issues in the EU and its member states, and will also host a weekly guest. This week with Yaël Ossowski, on targeted […]
The Europeans killed a potential deal during the Obama years, but the world is a different place now. Trade relationships with Europe have been painstakingly petty for the last four years. In 2019, the U.S ended the WTO’s appellate body by refusing to appoint new members, which meant that the world’s arbiter on trade had […]
The challenges facing President-elect Joe Biden seem unsurmountable from the perspective of a European. Biden needs to simultaneously juggle an incumbent president challenging the legitimacy of the election, large chunks of the voting population skeptical of the democratic process, the far left wing of his own party, a Republican Senate, the COVID-19 pandemic, and an […]
Click down below to listen to the latest episode of Consumer Choice Radio, where I talked about some of my work in the Consumer Choice Center, and discussed the latest in the world of U.S politics.
Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg produzéiert, a gouf den 23. August iwwerdroen. De ganze Beitrag fënnt een och hei. Innerhalb vun der Europäescher Unioun kënnen déi meeschte Leit erem an déi meeschte Länner reesen. Fir Leit déi net an der EU liewen ginn et allerdéngs relativ wéineg Ausnaahmen, an dat trëfft ganz oft […]
I was interviewed by Scully for Season 6 the Free Market Series on PBS. Click down below to watch the full video.
Dëse Reportage ass fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg produzéiert ginn, a gouf de 26. Abrëll iwwerdroe ginn. De ganze Beitrag fënnt een och hei. Fir dass duerch de Coronavirus d’Chômage-Zuelen net ze vill erop ginn, versicht d’Europäesch Unioun mat Hëllefspäck d’Memberlänner z’ënnerstëtzen. Dobäi geet et virun allem drëms, fir Aarbechtsplazen ze garantéieren. Mir géifen aus enger […]
Love or hate it, Brexit offers many opportunities for regulatory overhaul. The recently released UK budget gets rid of the tampon tax, a financial instrument long criticised by the feminist movement (and rightfully so). Another tool of regulation which the European Union has long imposed on Britain should now also be axed: the 2001 directive on […]
Germany remains a political barometer for Europe. Following the happenings in Berlin and the 16 German state governments can give you a good idea of where the continent will be heading. During the sovereign debt crisis, German criticism of the euro as a common currency opened the floodgates for mainstream opposition (that ultimately did not […]
Turkey and Syria are headed towards war, after 30 Turkish soldiers were killed in an attack by the Syrian government in a zone previously negotiated to be safe for them. At the same time, Turkey and Russia are also in a de facto war, with Ankara going beyond what are normally considered retaliatory strikes. The […]
Bill Wirtz 