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Is the U.S. Now Freer than Europe in Terms of Marijuana Decriminalization?

FEE: In many regards, Europe is lagging far behind the U.S. when it comes to legal marijuana, writes Consumer Choice Center’s Bill Wirtz.

Irish tax on alcohol is enough to drive everyone to drink

TIMES OF LONDON: Consumer Choice Center’s Bill Wirtz is published in the London Times: “We need to recognise that consumers have the right to make choices. This implies that they make the choice to drink because they are allowed to enjoy themselves. Or at least while they are still allowed.”

Banning Plastic Bags Isn’t Just Bad Economics—It’s Bad for the Environment

FEE: Measures that intuitively sound sensible might turn out to produce unintended consequences, writes Bill Wirtz of Consumer Choice Center.

France limit discounts on food to help farmers

NOVINKY: “This is yet another instance of France putting its farmers’ interests above those of its own citizens. Outlawing ‘buy one, get one free’ may enrich farmers, but it harms ordinary consumers who take advantage of these lower prices to buy food for their families,” said Luca Bertoletti, European Affairs Manager of the Consumer Choice Center.

Plastic bag taxes are good intentions but bad economics

EUROPEAN SCIENTIST: EU and UK plastic taxes are not the right policy. They are not only an inconvenience for consumers, their positive environmental impact isn’t quite what it’s made out to be.

Why the Baltic States Should Reject the Nanny State

EMERGING EUROPE: Before the Baltic nations drown themselves in an avalanche of paternalistic lifestyle regulations, they should consult their own populous about the changes they want to introduce.

NGOs in Europe: On Transparency and Double Standards

VOCAL EUROPE: Transparency is a big and oft-heard word these days in Brussels. Every week dozens of private companies and nonprofits register for the EU’s Transparency Register, a mandatory step in order to obtain easy access to the European Parliament and the Commission. While voices have become louder to put corporate lobbyists under even more […]

Bus market liberalisation: the European Commission gets it right

VOCAL EUROPE: Bus market liberalisation ultimately means: more choices for consumers, more competition on the market, higher quality for lower prices.

Regulatory Capture in European Evidence-Based Policy Making

IREF: The evidence used in policy making then ought not to be taken at face value, given the vested interests at play. There is a role for scrutiny of the evidence used in policy proposals, as well as investigating the incentives for the interest groups who are benefitting from them.

The EU Spends Millions to Lobby Itself

FEE: In order to balance the democratic deficit that the European Union has been accused of having, the EU’s Commission has been extensively engaged in the subsidization of civil society. The result: NGOs are non-pluralistic, politically biased in favor of the EU, all while funding remains nontransparent.

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