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  Over the past decades, Western governments have frequently been at loggerheads with big business. Officials argue that efficiency requires tech companies to spread high fixed costs on large quantities of output to exploit significant economies of scale. This situation, they claim, makes it difficult for new firms to enter the market. Thus, lack of […]

The results of the European Parliament elections this month were rather inconsequential at the Union level. However, certain national situations appear more interesting. In a free democracy, elections serve the purpose of enabling people to decide on their representatives for a set period of time, according to candidates’ programs and intentions. The rule of law […]

  The landscape of global tax policy is undergoing a significant shift as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) spearheads multiple initiatives to increase taxes on international businesses and cross-border investment. The early success of the OECD’s “inclusive framework” used to forge consensus on global business tax increases has emboldened some policymakers to try to […]

  A lot has been said and even more has been written about the countless vulnerabilities and hopeless shortcomings of the public education system. Arguments range from its propensity to produce consistently poor results and to inevitably become politically influenced and exploited, to the lack of opportunities that its cookie-cutter approach offers to both academically […]

In this Interview, Karl-Peter Schwarz and Erik Lakomaa take a dive into the Swedish voucher system in education. Sweden’s unique approach allows parents to choose schools for their children using government-funded vouchers. This system aims to promote school choice, improve quality through competition, and ensure equal access to education.