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Why Gibraltar’s plan to sell citizenships and passports to non-Europeans should be viewed as innovative, important, proven, and clever.
There is a debate in the EU about…
Cornelius Adebahr outlines why business has been eying the Iranian market with bated breath.
While Iran continues its global charm offensive, the US government is having…
Karl Muth looks for and finds innovation in postal services.
The story of postal services is a difficult one to tell fully, as it’s complex. I didn’t become that interested in the…
Karl Muth calls for honest about the persistent and intergenerational nature of wealth.
We have an annoying, disingenuous habit in Western society to divide the individual as a…
Karl Muth explores the history of the minimum wage and offers an argument in support of its repeal.
People are always looking for so-called coalition issues. Whether you’re…
Karl Muth critiques the international environmentalist agenda and points to the ways it reinforces racism and inter-regional inequality.
The Chinese and Brazilians should cut…
Here, I examine two cases of industries regulating themselves. In one case, to their benefit (and the detriment of consumers) in a cartel system. In the other case, to the alleged…
Karl Muth explores the relationships between the media, health, behaviour and policy.
This coming term at Northwestern University, I’m teaching a masters-level policy course…
It fascinates me to examine the conservative (note the uncapitalised “c”) parties of developed Western countries. When I arrive in a country where I’m unfamiliar with the…
Karl Muth argues that water will be the defining issue for climate change watchers and politicians in the near future.
Water has a linguistic history to match its biological…