Finance
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
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.
New study: Taxes on medicines are a tax on the sick
IPN Press release
New analysis reveals Iran, Nigeria, Nepal among the worst; countries should strive to abolish medicine tariffs
FT Climate Experts' Forum - 11 December
IPN Opinion article
IPN's Executive Director discusses financial instruments for carbon reduction
How Not to Solve a Crisis
IPN Opinion article
Mistakes by policymakers and regulators accelerated the financial crisis.
For more than a year, financial markets have been in turmoil. Banks have been refusing to lend to one another. Companies and individuals have found it increasingly difficult to borrow money. Investors and pension holders have seen the value of their assets collapse. And government intervention has been largely counterproductive, making matters worse and turning a financial crisis into an economic catastrophe. As the bailouts continue and calls for more regulation are heard around the world, we seek to review the origins of the crisis and consider which policies might better address the underlying problems.
Idle Speculation on Hunger
IPN Opinion article
Cracking down on speculation might make politicians feel good but the evidence shows that it had nothing to do with the food crisis: the real cause was bad policies.
Blame bad rules, not bad capitalism
IPN Opinion article
Everyone has something to say about the credit crunch but very few can explain simply what it's all about and where to go next: this well-published economist does that.
