Opinion article
Why oil should not be EAC’s curse
IPN Opinion article
With oil and gas discoveries in Uganda and exploration throughout the region, the big bucks of energy could help open up the forthcoming EAC Common Market or they could become entangled in state meddling and cronyism.
Don’t slash spending – re-think it
IPN Opinion article
The strikes in Greece against budget cuts are a warning to all the other governments which have dug themselves into deep debt. But the good news for some - including Obama's new National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform - is that budget reform can be done: Canada did it the mid-'90s.
We Gain From Trade With China
IPN Opinion article
China makes iPods, but the value it adds is only $4 for a $150 Apple iPod. Is trade with China a bad thing?
Stop turning cheap food into expensive fuel
IPN Opinion article
Biofuels don't make sense for the environment, the economy or the taxpayer.
Chinese exports are ours too
IPN Opinion article
China demonstrates the virtues of economic interdependence and a globalised economy
Africa calling
IPN Opinion article
Mobile phones have transformed the lives of millions Africans for the better - but Ethiopia's government has stifled the ICT industry
Taxing the sick to death
IPN Opinion article
India’s complex and arbitrary system of drug price controls sees bureaucrats constantly tinkering with the list, sowing confusion among producers, importers and retailers
National sovereignty vs. the New Green Order
IPN Opinion article
The international environment bureaucracy proposed by EU governments would be bad news for people and the planet
West Africa is being taxed to death
IPN Opinion article
Nigeria and Ghana should abolish their import taxes on medicines, which harm the poor the most.
