Bill Wirtz

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The European Green Deal Is Every Bit as Bad as Expected

01/15/2020 Mises Wire Bill Wirtz

The European Commission has unveiled its “European Green Deal,” after taking hints on denomination from its American counterpart, the “Green New Deal.” While the legislation introduced in the US...

Why Emmanuel Macron’s Surge Is Unlikely to Change Anything

03/02/2017 Mises Wire Bill Wirtz

At third place in the polls, tête à tête with conservative candidate François Fillon, a staunch europhile, and a dear of many enthusiastic young voters, Emmanuel Macron is the supposed incoming star...

What the Tobacco Industry Did for Women

01/25/2017 Mises Wire Bill Wirtz

Did you ever see a woman light a cigarette and thought to yourself “What a provocative example of moral decay!”? That’s likely not to be the case, but only because you weren’t born in the 19th century...

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