Regulation
EU Agricultural Policy Injures Markets, Violates WTO Rules PDF Drucken Write e-mail
22.09.2011, Comments (2)

A scientific study at the Department of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences at the Humboldt University of Berlin shows that the current EU agricultural policy damages global agricultural markets and does not comply with WTO rules:

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Hurricane Irene and Walmart’s staff meteorologist PDF Drucken Write e-mail
29.08.2011, Add comment

Economist Steven Horwitz studied the response of Walmart after Hurricane Katrina. His research – part of the Mercatus Center’s Hurricane Katrina project – shows that Walmart was able to respond more adeptly and quickly than FEMA and state emergency services, providing people with basic necessities including medicines.

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Rob Lyons on Shale Gaz as New Energy Source PDF Drucken Write e-mail
22.07.2011, Add comment

Rob Lyons writes in Spiked Magazine on shale gaz as a potential new energy source:

 

"Wouldn’t it be great if a new, cheap, reliable and well-understood energy source came along and helped us out of this chilly, expensive problem. Well, it looks like it has – and in time honoured fashion, there are queues of vested interests trying to strangle the new upstart at birth."

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Professor Knut Löschke: "We're sawing the branch we're sitting on“ PDF Drucken Write e-mail
10.03.2011, Comments (1)

Dr. Knut Löschke, a physicist who conducted research until 1986, founded PC-Ware AG, and then turned it into a European IT company before leaving in 2009, had some harsh words about climate science and policy in an interview with the magazine Smart Investor.

Dr. Löschke:

 

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E10 Low Grade Petrol: Expensive And Worse PDF Drucken Write e-mail
7.03.2011, Add comment
By Ralph Bärligea

 

English summary of the original German text

 

Like all central planning schemes, the new government-mandated E10 petrol harms both the environment and prosperity. And despite a consumer boycott, this poor quality petrol is now being forced onto the market against the will of suppliers and consumers, and will be accompanied by an "Information Campaign" that is nothing more than pure state propaganda.

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