Algeria and The Demobilization
Selected Essays on Political Economy by Frédéric Bastiat Four orators are all trying to be heard in the Assembly. At first they speak all at once, then one after the other. What have they...
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Stoa Notes: Term Limits and other Election Law Reforms
Resolved: Election law should be substantially reformed in the United States. Stoa debaters researching election law reform can review Ballotpedia’s page Elections and campaigns on the ballot for information on: Suffrage on the ballot...
A Second Distant Metabolic Gift
An earlier post spoke of a “distant metabolic gift” that people today in rich societies struggle with. For many thousands of years the struggle was to survive winters. So the metabolic systems of humans,...
Immigration reform in Canada
by Marina Tanase (author of earlier posts, More on Globalization – Covid and its effects and The Real Story of Globalization) If one were to ask me why I decided to write this article...
Guns, Germs, and Stealing
From Unlucky Prehistoric Geography to Unfortunate Institutions TodayGregory Rehmke Presented at APEE Session: “Cultural and Geographic Links to Economic Growth.” April 8, 2002 Until very recently the only way people could get to Argentina...
Migration Toward Economic Freedom
A previous post on migration emphasized the importance of measuring economic freedom to judge policy reforms effective in reducing barriers to enterprise and prosperity. In that post Economic Freedom Indexes were recommended as tools...
Notes, Books, and Videos: Poor Nutrition and the Pandemic
Notes below from Facebook posts on nutrition, public health, and the pandemic. Most Americans have poor metabolic health from poor nutrition (study finds only 1 in 8 are metabolically healthy). Links below to articles,...
Refugee Special Enterprise Zones (R-SEZs)… [Updated]
Many proposals call for the European Union to increase skilled immigration, as well as reforms for less skilled immigrants and asylum seekers. Populist and nationalist groups say new immigrants will “take” jobs locals could...
If It Matters, Measure It: Millions Migrate to Prosperity
Hundreds of millions in the Great Migration are moving toward better opportunities. People “vote” for better governance with their feet, traveling from dysfunctional and less economically free communities to where labor is more highly...
Rethinking E.U. Refugee, Asylum, and Digital Nomad Policies
Researching a 2014 debate topic on U.S./Middle East policy, costs for Kurdish refugee camp were reported: “U.S. government funding for refugees has reached $2.4 billion.” Building, operating, supplying, and protecting refugee camps can be...