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Rebellion, Rascals, and Revenue: A review
Shafik Hebous, 07 April 2021

Shafik Hebous admires how Michael Keen and Joel Slemrod draw out common threads of tax principles and practice that have underlain tax systems for thousands of years to show us why polices were chosen, and why they failed or prevailed.
Democracy in Iceland
Thorvaldur Gylfason, 31 March 2021

Thorvaldur Gylfason argues that unless Iceland's Parliament confronts the country's oligarchs and respects the will of the people by ratifying the new constitution designed to reverse the retreat of age-old democracy, it risks becoming a failed state.
Government spending: Less may be more!
Roel Beetsma, Ludger Schuknecht, 25 March 2021

Roel Beetsma and Ludger Schuknecht argue that governments could and should deliver more for their citizens’ money.
Twitter is free to ban users
Jan Bouwens, 22 February 2021

Jan Bouwens discusses the decision by Twitter and other social media platforms to ban President Trump and members of his campaign, and the objections to the bans raised by politicians.

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Cristina Caffarra and Tommaso Valletti argue that the role of data and the interface between competition and privacy issues is very broad and goes further than privacy as a parameter of competition
As the Coronavirus spreads, can the EU afford to close its borders?

Raffaella Meninno, Guntram Wolff, 28 February 2020

Raffaella Meninno and Guntram Wolff argue that closing the EU's borders to contain the spread of Coronavirus would cause serious economic disruption
Reversing the retreat of democracy: The case of Iceland

Thorvaldur Gylfason, 19 February 2020

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US-Kenya trade negotiations: A chance to get it right

Anabel González, 15 February 2020

Anabel González discusses the recently announced negotiations for a bilateral trade agreement between the United States and Kenya, which would be the United States’ first such accord with a sub-Saharan country
The European Commission budget: Old show with new twists

Charles Wyplosz, 14 February 2020

Charles Wyplosz worries that the new European Commission five-year budget will offer no more than variations around the status quo

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