Free trade through capitalism and globalisation are the best ways to help the world’s poor, says author Johan Norberg in his book, “In Defence of Global Capitalism.” Furthermore, he says, those who are opposed to free trade and “sweatshop labour” are usually Western elites, who expect developing countries to meet
Next year the Kyoto protocol will be an international treaty. For those who heavily lobbied Russia to ratify it, this is cause for celebration. But for most of the world, it is bad news, says Andrei Illarionov, advisor to the president of the Russian Federation. He says the Kyoto protocol
The term eco-terrorism has been used to describe two similar yet separate groups of terrorists those mainly concerned with animal rights and those primarily upset by despoiling of the land and air by technology and development. Both have been targeted by the FBI. Earlier this year, Philip Celestini, who
Laws that discourage spending may be holding back European economic growth, writes Marcus Walker of the Wall Street Journal.
Generally, European governments use a myriad red tape to induce savings and reduce consumption. For example, shops are required to close early to save staff from long hours; businesses are required to
Conscription, like slavery and detention without trial, grossly violates an individual’s right to his (or her) life. Having said that, this article offers merely a brief history that speaks for itself.
In 1993 an new Defence Act abolished compulsory military training for young white South African men. The response to the
The Netherlands and France are making it easier to euthanise patients who are gravely or terminally ill, say observers.
Three years ago, the Dutch Parliament made it legal for doctors to inject a lethal dose of muscle relaxant at the request of adult patients suffering great pain with no hope of
