A New Set of Crises for the EU
The Paris-Berlin axis faces a new banking crisis and a weakening Southern Europe while Brexit inflames EU opposition across Europe.
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In Europe, Workers Use Minimum Wage Laws to Exclude their Competition
Minimum wage laws increase joblessness, so French and German workers use minimum wages to drive Eastern European workers out of the market.
Here We Go Again: An August 2007 Redux
Nearly everywhere on the planet the giant financial bubbles created by the central banks during the last two decades are fracturing.
Brexit Shows Why Central Planning Won’t Work
Central planning relies on successfully predicting the future. Unfortunately for central planners, this is an impossible task.
The Week in Review: July 2, 2016
It's fitting in the week leading up to our American celebration of secession, that we applaud Britain for their own separation.
If the UK Economy Tanks, Don’t Blame Brexit
The Bank of England has been less reckless than the ECB. But both the UK and the eurozone economies are fragile thanks to loose monetary policy.
The EU Is About Control, Not Free Trade
Politicians like Juncker and Merkel speak of the EU as if it were a marriage or a family, to which one is bound by some transcendental duty.
After “Brexit,” Can We Exit a Few Things Too?
The act of exiting is liberating. We should make a longer list of those things we would like to get out of.
Why All the Post-Brexit Hysteria?
Brussels is doing all it can to make the UK pay for wanting to leave the EU. This only further illustrates why exit from the EU is a good idea.
