Europe

Ayn Rand’s story is fiction, of course. But what is happening in Norway is real. Wealthy entrepreneurs are abandoning the country because they are tired of being looted by parasitic politicians.

A clear line must be drawn between lawful, even if immoral, protests, and criminal violence. There is no continuum. It is a bright-line distinction that many in the media are deliberately trying to blur.

The European portion of NATO is wealthy, populous, and already outspends Russia by significant and comfortable margins. It is hard to argue that the United States must continue to subsidize Europe’s security.

The potential DMA fines the EU can impose on the companies: up to 10 percent of their global revenue annually.

Estonia is an inconvenient neighbor for another reason. It’s an uncomfortable reminder to Russians of what could have been. Today, the typical Estonian earns nearly 40 percent more than the typical Russian.

Blaming others, such as the U.S. (e.g., CIA, etc) is a standard rationalization for the failure of dictatorships such as Cuba and Venezuela and  for the unlimited power it gives the rulers.

Sweden had the lowest excess mortality in all of Europe, even the New York Times, which had mocked Sweden’s covid-19 pandemic strategy, conceded that the nation’s laissez-faire approach was hardly the disaster many had predicted.

Germany risks “deindustrialization” as high energy costs threaten to send new factories and high-paying jobs elsewhere.

Norway’s Wealth Tax Is Backfiring. Are Americans Paying Attention?

Advocate and work for a removal of all protective barriers erected by the British government without concern for whether governments in the US and elsewhere follow suit. Were you to pursue a policy of unilateral free trade, you would honor – by following it – Britain’s glorious free-trade tradition.

Italy’s Transport Minister Matteo Salvini called a rapid switch to electric vehicles “suicide” and a “gift” to Chinese industry.

Abruptly decreasing domestic production of fossil fuels and shuttering of coal and nuclear plants have put Europe is an energy crisis exasperated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its reduction of energy exports to Europe.

France’s aging nuclear power plants that are keeping the lights and heat on—not wind and solar power that are at the mercy of the weather.

Europe’s Digital Market Act to regulate “American Big-Tech” ignores that without the efforts and ingenuity of Big Tech, there were no “gates” to keep.

Poland owes its economic success to capitalist reforms—but the current government has stopped privatizations and is pursuing a policy of redistribution.

Freeing up the labor market by making it easier for employers to hire and fire workers would reduce the gap between temporary and permanent work.

Bad energy decisions in Germany are yielding bad results for Germans.  Americans should be aware that recent government actions here on energy are pointing results in the same direction.

European leaders continue to talk tough about supporting Ukraine against Russia, but European peoples are less enthused.

Europe’s move toward decarbonization 30 years ago has resulted in skyrocketing energy prices, the need for severe conservation, possible rationing that could shut down entire industrial sectors and likely future blackouts.

Europe’s energy shortages – exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – were originally caused by low wind resources, increased demand from COVID lockdowns, and cut backs of natural gas by Russia. Despite putting Europeans in energy poverty, the EU and UK are keeping to their energy transition rushing into wind and solar power, rather than using domestically produced oil, natural gas, and coal.