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Private ‘philanthropic’ foundations join government agencies in funding anti-technology NGOs

A new paper forthcoming in the journal American Economic Review: Insights estimates the effect of trade with China on American consumers and shows us what we stand to lose if we don’t end the trade war.

Russia is once again actively trying to influence the policies of foreign governments, though this time, the target is Europe, not the United States.

It has been said that economists have predicted “nine of the last five recessions,” or words to that effect, suggesting that the “dismal science” can’t be trusted.

Donny Kendal and John Nothdurft present episode #149 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s podcast features work from the American Enterprise Institute, the State Policy Network, the Ethan Allen Institute, and the Foundation for Government Accountability.

Greece is on the verge of settling the repayment of its bailout loans from the International Monetary Fund, European banks and other creditors.

Google has a long history of defending its serving as an ISIS platform.

No single party or pre-election coalition received enough votes to enter parliament with a majority coalition, in the just concluded Italian general election.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in France has received over $48 million from America’s National Institutes of Health (NIH), to determine whether various chemicals cause cancer in humans.

When the dust settled after last Tuesday’s parliamentary elections, Mrs. May’s commanding position had been swept away. Britain was left with a “hung parliament”; for the first time people were seriously looking at Jeremy Corbyn.

Reportedly the EU will rule Google has abused its search dominance this summer, putting the growth and profitability of the ~30% European part of Alphabet-Google’s revenue base at risk.

Will Greece avoid financial disaster one more time by somehow pulling one more rabbit out of a hat? It seems unlikely, but we shall know fairly soon

By far the biggest competition problem facing U.S. antitrust and regulatory authorities is the Goobook Ad Cartel, the unaccountable dominant chokepoint for monetizing most online news, content, products and services.