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  Over the past decade, the economic gap between the United States and the European Union has widened. What was once a slow divergence has accelerated since the pandemic, as growth, productivity and investment increasingly favor the U.S. This gap is more than a statistical curiosity; it reflects a deepening divide in policy orientation and […]

On John Perry Barlow’s a Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace. Described by a rock-poet, governed by idealists, colonised by corporations.   Two hundred and fifty years ago, Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence for a new, unregulated territory. Thirty years ago, at Davos, John Perry Barlow wrote his own “Declaration of the Independence […]

  Since 1999, Venezuela has suffered from the corrupt mismanagement of Chavez-Maduro socialist despotism. The people of Iran, meanwhile, have lived under a brutal and oppressive system since 1979. Over time, the world grew accustomed to the existence of these extremist regimes. Now, there is a chance for change. The United States carried out a successful […]

  It is with great pleasure that we welcome Professor Andreas Altmann as a member of the Foundation Board of the European Centre of Austrian Economics in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. Professor Altmann is ideally suited to strengthen and further the mission of the ECAEF. The ECAEF stands for individual freedom, self-responsibility, private property, free markets, and […]

  On December 28, 2025, shops selling electronics and mobile phones in central Tehran shut their doors in protest at the sharp rise in the dollar and gold prices and the extreme volatility of Iran’s currency, the rial. Traditionally, 10 rials equal one toman, the unit commonly used in everyday transactions. More recently, the authorities […]