Latin America as a whole must learn from Asia that only an active and enlightened state can successfully manage a market economy. Those who believe that libertarian ideas can be used to launch a modern economy into a world economy that has nothing, absolutely nothing, in common with a fair rules-based order will fail even more miserably than their predecessors.
Energy
Almuth Ernsting: Drax Wants to Capture State Subsidies, Not Carbon
The firm’s proposal to bury emissions from burning wood under the North Sea is still a pipe dream, says campaigner Almuth Ernsting of Biofuelwatch. Read HERE Drax Power Station Dave Pickersgill/Creative Commons
Economics
Natasha Foote: Pruning the EU’s Farming Policy: Have CAP’s Green Shoots Survived the Shears?
Cutting back the deadwood and overgrowth stimulates growth, giving space to new green shoots — but can the same be said for the latest pruning of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)? Read Article HERE
Corruption
Politico: No transparency please, we’re Members of the European Parliament
The EU political elite at its corrupt best. As we learnt from the United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal of 2009, many, when not most politicians, have no scruples about using funds provided for the political […]
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