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Political Irresponsibility
Radical Islamism has succeeded in infiltrating significant levels of Western societies through its jihad. The economy, culture, media, propaganda, boycotts, and street activism have found in the freedoms granted by democratic systems, a fertile ground in which to sow hatred and promote the implementation of Sharia law.
Roberto Lapid
5 days ago3 min read
The Hague Is Playing With Fire by Putting Dutch Prosperity at Risk
This week, the Jetten cabinet once again seemed intent on sending the bill to Dutch citizens who work, save, invest, or run a business. The proposed changes to box 3 would force many more people to pay tax on their assets, putting their prosperity at risk. After heavy criticism in the House of Representatives, Minister of Finance Eelco Heinen now has to return to the drawing board. Small savers and retail investors must be protected after all. The proposed taxation changes on
Daniël de Liever
Oct 14 min read
Belgian Budget Deficit—Why Spending Cuts in Belgium Can No Longer Be Delayed
The Belgian budget deficit, the need for spending cuts in Belgium, and the growing burden of Belgium government debt have become some of the country's most pressing political and economic challenges. Successive governments largely failed to address the structural imbalance in public finances. The current government led by Prime Minister Bart De Wever (N-VA) now faces increasingly difficult decisions.
Redactie / Editors
Aug 15 min read
Europe Deindustrialisation and European Energy Policy - Is Industry Being Sacrificed?
The pace of Europe deindustrialisation is accelerating at a rate that would have seemed unimaginable only a few years ago. Across Germany and the Netherlands, industrial activities are increasingly being reduced, relocated, or permanently shut down. Regions such as Wallonia, the United Kingdom, France, and large parts of Italy have already lost significant portions of their industrial base. Now, even Europe's strongest industrial regions are coming under severe pressure.
Redactie / Editors
Jun 235 min read
Belgium's Infrastructure Crisis - Why the Road Network and Belgian Rail Must Be Urgently Expanded and Improved
Belgium likes to call itself the crossroads or heart of Europe. Geographically, that is accurate, but in terms of mobility, the country increasingly resembles a bottleneck rather than a hub. The chronic problems within Belgium Infrastructure, the daily traffic chaos on the Brussels Ring Road and the Antwerp Ring Road, and the shortcomings of Belgian Rail (NMBS/SNCB) all demonstrate that Belgium urgently needs an ambitious investment policy. Belgium's infrastructure is falling
Redactie / Editors
Jun 135 min read
Budget, spending cuts, the state apparatus and subsidies: Flanders must now dare to press ahead
The Flemish government has reached an agreement on the budget. That is good news in itself, because governing begins with counting. But anyone who counts honestly also knows that one round of spending cuts will not be enough. Flanders cannot continue pretending that the state apparatus will slim down by itself, or that subsidies are sacred cows that must never be led to the slaughterhouse. A sound budget agreement is not the end point. At most, it is the beginning of a mature
Redactie / Editors
May 165 min read
Belgian Housing Market, Flemish Construction Shift, Immigration and EPC Energy Label Policy - The Housing Crisis as Russian Roulette
Belgian housing market, Flemish construction shift, immigration and housing pressure, and EPC energy label policy are increasingly colliding in a way that makes housing in Belgium feel like Russian roulette. The Belgian housing market is cracking under a combination of scarcity, regulation and immigration. The Flemish construction shift, often referred to as the “concrete stop,” aims to protect open space. Immigration increases population pressure. European energy label polic
Redactie / Editors
May 156 min read
Global Capital, Private Investment, Venture Capital and the Innovation Economy - Why America Still Pulls the Money Belgium Wants
Why does global capital keep crossing oceans toward the United States? Why does private investment so often choose New York, Silicon Valley, Austin or Boston before Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent or Liège? Why does venture capital still see the American market as the natural home of the innovation economy? For Belgium, and for Europe more broadly, these are not abstract economic questions. They go to the heart of our prosperity, our industrial future and our ability to build the ne
Redactie / Editors
May 105 min read
More People, Less Prosperity - How Migration Erodes Our Per-Capita Income
Europe is growing. The economies of Belgium and the rest of the Union produce more year after year. GDP rises, headlines report progress, and politicians proudly point to growth figures. But there is one number that rarely takes center stage in that debate: income per resident. And that number tells a very different story.Imagine a country with ten residents and an economy of 100. Income per capita: 10. Now five new residents arrive, and the economy grows to 112. Sounds like
Redactie / Editors
May 74 min read
Energy policy in Belgium - 1800 companies waiting for an electricity connection
Anyone who wants to expand or start a business in Belgium today, electrify a factory, or install a charging station soon discovers that energy policy is not a policy paper, but a power socket with a connection that never arrives. Grid congestion, electrification, competitiveness, and energy policy: these are the four words that will determine in the coming years whether Belgium remains an industrial country or becomes a museum of good intentions.
The paradox is painful
Redactie / Editors
May 66 min read
The moral meaning of entrepreneurship
In the fourth lecture of the John Galt School, Adriano Gianturco- Professor of Political Science at the Instituto Brasileiro de Mercado de Capitais in Belo Horizonte - addressed a pivotal issue for understanding capitalism in its moral dimension: entrepreneurship. The topic raises far-reaching questions: what legitimises profit? What is the relationship between property, risk, and responsibility? Why should a free society honour those who produce, invest, innovate, organize s
Lorenzo Cianti
May 46 min read
Energy policy in Belgium – Privatising the energy supply to French state-owned companies, closing nuclear power plants, paying compensation, and ultimately reversing everything at a cost of billions
Belgium is once again in the process of making a new 180-degree turn.
From dependence on France’s Engie / Electrabel, to a nuclear phase-out, and then to the possible reacquisition of nuclear control by the Belgian state.
The fact that the current government under Prime Minister Bart De Wever wants to bring control back into Belgian hands is commendable. However, previous governments have saddled our country with billions in unnecessary costs and ended our energy independe
Redactie / Editors
Apr 304 min read
The Chainsaw Revolution - Javier Milei’s Rothbardian Assault on Argentine Collectivism
Over the past few decades, mankind has watched helplessly as political power has expanded without limits. The aggrandisement of the executive branch, centralised planning, and governments’ habitual resort to purported “emergency” measures have constricted liberty, undermined voluntary cooperation, and brought about a sharp decline in economic prosperity. This trend leads citizens toward ever-greater subjugation to the State’s coercive apparatus
Lorenzo Cianti
Apr 2016 min read
There Is Nothing New About Trump’s Economic Populism
The Supreme Court’s 6–3 decision invalidating Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs, followed almost immediately by the President’s response reinstating and increasing them, reminds us once again how rapidly American politics evolves. Yet, in some cases, it pays to recognise that certain underlying threads in government policy remain constant, regardless of the period or the leaders in charge. Too often, so-called “experts” weigh in on current events without any real command of ec
Lorenzo Cianti
Apr 166 min read
The Chainsaw Revolution: Javier Milei’s Rothbardian Assault on Argentine Collectivism
Over the past few decades, mankind has watched helplessly as political power has expanded without limits. The aggrandisement of the executive branch, centralised planning, and governments’ habitual resort to purported “emergency” measures have constricted liberty, undermined voluntary cooperation, and brought about a sharp decline in economic prosperity. This trend leads citizens toward ever-greater subjugation to the State’s coercive apparatus the very road to serfdom that F
Lorenzo Cianti
Apr 1516 min read
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— Ayn Rand
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