All Entries Tagged With: "Economics"

Global Warming Out Debated

Oxford Union Chooses Economic Growth Over Climate Change
Debate Win for CFACT Advisor Lord Christopher Monckton
Last week the Oxford Union, one of the world’s premier debate societies, chose economic growth over climate change by a vote of 133-110.  The vote by students at an elite U.K. university illustrates the continued shift of  public support away [...]

Create Prosperity – Not Hypocrisy

by Einar Du Rietz
Investing your money and savings for your pension in funds that advertise themselves as more “ethical” than others? Maybe it’s time to think again.
Environmental watchdogs are increasingly pointing out funds as dubious, because of investments in different energy companies. In a recent – undercover – study (Swedish) non of the four checked [...]

Happy Easter, Mr President

by Einar Du Rietz
The President of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez is a most innovative man. With his peculiar combination of home made socialism, populist nationalism and impulsive despotism, you never can tell what the next brilliant idea will be.
He decided to change his country’s time zone with half an hour, presumably just for fun. He managed [...]

Let’s Relax For A Minute

by Einar Du Rietz
The Copenhagen process, or what has become the official name, is strolling along. Most countries (read: politicians) have signed the no-one-knows-really-what-to-call- it document, though some after deadline. Reviving Kyoto is still on the table, recently half heartedly suggested by the European Union (read: a bunch of politicians from countries with different agendas).
At [...]

Reversing the burden of spoof

by Jacob Arfwedson
One of the less endearing features of government supporters is their general disdain for democracy when eventually popular vote goes against their designs. The legitimacy of consent suddenly becomes irrelevant and a downright nuisance. In Europe, we experienced this in the constitutional negotiations: first with the Maastricht Treaty, and more recently with [...]

It’s Real Money – Your Money

By Einar Du Rietz
Maybe because most other topics seem to be covered and debated intensely in the media, finally some focus now start to fall upon the costs. The estimated and real costs for what the politicians will discuss in Copenhagen. And if media does this, chances are the general public will start to realize that [...]

Gone With the Wind: Carbon Millionaires Arrested for Fraud

Italian Wind Fraud Investigation Extends to the Netherlands, UK, Ireland, and Spain.  Subsidies Questioned.
For some carbon millionaires, lining their pockets legally through taxpayer subsidies and hand outs is not enough.  They choose to cheat even though they’re playing a game that’s already rigged.

Al Gore Carbon Billionaire?

The Daily Telegraph reports that Al Gore is poised to become the world’s first carbon billionaire.
Have consumers lined up to buy the former Vice-President’s products and services?  It appears, rather, that most of Mr. Gore’s new wealth will flow to him from government grants and subsidies.
Do we really want to tax working people to transfer [...]

Bjorn Lomborg: Climate Should Not Be Our Priority

The Skeptical Environmentalist’s Priorities for the World

All Pain No Gain

The reality behind American Cap and Trade
PAUL DRIESSEN (Washington)
What is Cap and Trade?
To address concerns that global warming threatens our planet, activists and politicians are pushing for a “cap-and-trade” program that would limit and tax carbon dioxide released by power plants, cars, factories and other facilities. It is a very complicated regulatory scheme that [...]

Statue of Liberty Returning to France?

SIMON ESPERSEN (COPENHAGEN)

In recent years, a number of pro-free-market think tanks and taxpayer associations have been formed in France, and their effectiveness and impact clearly are increasing. These groups include Institut Economique Molinari, the Institute for Economic Studies-Europe, Institut de Formation Politique, Contribuables Associes (French Taxpayers Association), etc.
In part because of their efforts, France has [...]

CFACT Europe at the Capitalist Ball

What better to celebrate than individual freedom? For the third year in a row CFACT Europe joined conservative and libertarian leaders to raise a glass to liberty at CNE’s Capitalist Ball on 12th October at the usual venue, the Concert Noble, in Brussels.

EU-Commissioners Verheugen & Potocnik address EU Liberal Youth Congress

LYMEC calls on Europe to rise to the challenge of globalization
Around 150 representatives of various European liberal youth organizations gathered in Berlin this past weekend at the annual congress of LYMEC, their European umbrella organization. Top speakers included EU-Commissioners Verheugen (Enterprise and Industry) and Potocnik (science and research).

Third European Resource Bank: Vienna

Dr. HOLGER THUSS (Wien)
“Taxpayer and Environment Issues are Intertwined,” Dr. Thuss says.
CFACT EUROPE’s Executive Director participated in the Third European Resource Bank Meeting, held in cooperation with the Annual Meeting of the World Taxpayer Associations from June 29 – July 2 in Vienna, Austria. The meetings bring together taxpayer and free market activists from [...]