Curated articles from various sources.
America and the European Union have a chance to achieve something large: a transatlantic pact that could likely liberalize a third of global trade. Done right, it could ensue a transatlantic tipping-point of an economic model favouring openness, free markets, free peoples and the rule of law over the closed, managed visions of state capitalism. Right…
The Economist reports on a comparison of two democrats’ views on how to manage the government best. The two men are Gavin Newsom and Mr Sunstein – and they have both written books about reforming the public sector. Both present themselves as post-partisan and both argue that Barack Obama has done a lot to improve American government. Mr Newsom’s…
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Space activist Peter Diamandis runs the X Prize Foundation, which offers large cash incentive prizes to inventors who can solve grand challenges like space flight, low-cost mobile medical diagnostics and oil spill cleanup. In this optimistic TED talk, he makes a case for optimism: That we’ll keep inventing, innovating and creating ways to solve whatever challenges we…
Gulfport Energy Shares fell rapidly last spring. That is until the oil and gas producer admitted to having begun drilling its initial 3 wells in the Utica shale formation in Ohio. Since that day, the firm’s value has doubled and continues to grow. Energy producers in the Ohio have likened the Utica to the giant…
In what will no doubt go down as battles for the books, Amazon.com and Overstock.com have officially lost their separate cases against New York State, in which they argued that New York’s Internet sales tax law was unconstitutional. The companies, based in Seattle and Salt Lake City respectively, took New York State’s Depart of Taxation…
The idea that America’s growth potential is no longer what it used to be is old news to many. A number of economists believe that the economic crisis itself sabotaged future economic opportunities by denying startups and other companies on the forefront of innovation of financing and staff. However, Mr Obama’s council pose an alternative…
