Competitiveness

It would be hard to disagree with the objectives of the international aid industry. But how much are donors contributing to their achievement? Despite recent progress, we still know surprisingly…

Tim Harford|

France’s conservative government has finally given the go-ahead for the partial privatisation of EDF. Some 15% of the vast company—the world’s biggest generator of nuclear power—is set to revert…

Pablo H.|

"The social responsibility of business is to increase its profits", said the Nobel laureate and original economics populariser, Milton Friedman. Now Friedman expands on this view in a…

Tim Harford|

Johan Norberg: I often use the figure that a European cow gets $2 a day in subsidies - more than the average income of 2.7 billion people around the world. Now thing have changed. Europe´s cows…

Tim Harford|

From the Center for Global Development, a new book, 'Reality Check' by Nancy Birdsall and John Nellis:

Tim Harford|
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Competitiveness