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UK Uber Ruling Shows Old Labor Regs Don't Fit Today's Workforce
Uber drivers can set their own hours and work for competitors if they want, but they're also subject to Uber's quality control
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Enhance a US-UK Trade Agreement with Freer Movement of People
The proposed trade agreement currently being negotiated by the United States and the United Kingdom contains important chapters
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The Politics of COVID Just Got Even More Hellish
Just when we thought the pandemic was ending, it may have gotten worse than ever. Read more at Bloomberg.
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The Crown and Margaret Thatcher
At least it got the handbag right. Read more at Discourse.
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Dan Griswold on RFD-TV - Agricultural Trade with Britain
Dan Griswold discusses the trade opportunities opened up by Brexit. Watch on Vimeo.
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Evaluating the Opportunity for US-UK Financial Services Trade Liberalization
The ongoing trade negotiations between the United States and the United Kingdom present a historic opportunity to liberalize
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Maybe Brexit Isn’t So Bad After All
Four years ago, Tyler Cowen was a staunch Remainer, but although he still values the EU, he's beginning to recognize the
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Removing Barriers to US-UK Agricultural Trade
Agriculture is far from the largest sector of trade between the United States and the United Kingdom, but it remains one of the
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Can Britain’s Prime Minister Turn the Country’s Economy Around?
Boris Johnson is conjuring up images of a modern-day New Deal public works program, but times have changed. Read more at the
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Atlantic Crossing: What should be on the UK’s trade deal wishlist?
Dan Griswold and Jack Salmon write on what should be included in the upcoming U.S.-U.K. trade agreement.Read it at City A.M.
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Can a US-UK Trade Agreement Become a Reality in 2021?
On December 12, 2019, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party secured a sizable parliamentary majority in the
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UK Election Could Open Door for an Ambitious US-UK Trade Agreement
The British Parliament voted this week to hold a national election on December 12. If the Conservative Party holds on to its

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Why a Boris Johnson Government Could Benefit the Gulf Countries
Omar al-Ubaydli explains the possible positive effects of a Boris Johnson government for the Persian Gulf region.Read it at Al
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Give the US and UK Something to Celebrate: A New Free Trade Deal
In his whirlwind visit to Europe, President Trump first told The Sun newspaper that British Prime Minister Theresa May’s

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The Alternative of Private Regulation: The London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market as a Model
A system of private regulation gives more firms access to capital markets and more choices to investors, and it can be viewed as a model for other markets to follow.
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In Search of Austerity: An Analysis of the British Situation
This paper intends to provide a basic overview of the fiscal position of the United Kingdom. The 2008–2009 recession has been deeper and more sustained than the two previous recessions (in 1990–91 and 1979–81).
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Austerity By the Numbers
We are told that austerity in Europe has failed. The elections in France and Greece, for instance, are supposedly evidence of people’s opposition to severe cuts in spending. However, the growing anti-austerity backlash in Europe ignores one fundamental point: If there is austerity in Europe, in most cases it hasn’t taken the form of massive spending cuts.

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Two Kinds of Austerity
While the debate over austerity continues, the evidence seems to point to the conclusion that austerity can be successful, if it isn't modeled after the "balanced approach."

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There’s Austerity and Then There’s Austerity
Austerity means different things to different people. For some people, austerity means adopting a debt-reduction package made of a mix of spending cuts and tax increases. For others, it means adopting a package made mainly of spending cuts — including reforms of social programs. The lack of a distinction between the two meanings of the word — and hence, the distinction between two different debt-reduction policies — is unfortunate.
