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Bill Wirtz

Bill Wirtz is a Law student at Université de Lorraine in Nancy (Eastern France). After starting off in centrist politics in his home country Luxembourg, he changed his mind on the role of government and is now a Local Coordinator for European Students for Liberty and a blogger for liberty. On his own blog, he blogs in four languages.

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Why Emmanuel Macron's Surge Is Unlikely to Change Anything

Global EconomyTaxes and SpendingPolitical Theory

Blog03/02/2017Bill Wirtz

Emmanuel Macron is telling everyone what they want to hear. But what France needs isn't popular at all: a big dose of free markets.

What the Tobacco Industry Did for Women

World HistoryPhilosophy and Methodology

Blog01/25/2017Bill Wirtz

Far from being a tool of the so-called patriarchy, marketplace producers enthusiastically cater to anyone willing to join in.

Europe's War on Tobacco

Corporate WelfareFree MarketsTaxes and SpendingPolitical Theory

Blog12/19/2016Bill Wirtz

Europe's tobacco bans have managed to destroy businesses without actually getting people to stop smoking.

The Petroleum Industry Saved the Whales

The EntrepreneurFree MarketsGlobal Economy

Blog12/04/2016Bill Wirtz

Whales were rapidly on their way to extinction until the petroleum industry undermined the whaling industry.

France Won't Be Following the UK Out of the EU

Global EconomyPolitical Theory

Blog11/16/2016Bill Wirtz

Some have suggested France might be the next European state to leave the EU. This is unlikely for several reasons.

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