A visit to a hospital in Europe is an eye-opener to the many ways monopolized U.S. hospitals pad their profits with unnecessary costs.
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Europe: Great Public Systems and Eroding Public Confidence
Today on TAP: The nations of the EU are fast depleting the legacy of a decent social compact.
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A French Lesson on Inflation and Social Class
Today on TAP: In France, workers have shut down oil refineries, demanding wage hikes as a share of company windfall profits.
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The Climate Threat to Centuries of Tradition
Today on TAP: It’s here, right now, even with the best policies—and we are far from pursuing those.
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The Big Bet on Natural Gas Is Blowing Up in the World’s Face
It’s not clean, it’s not cheap, and it’s not a bridge fuel to anyplace good.
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France’s ‘Jupiterian’ President Is Struck by a Bolt From the Blue
The left and the far right deny Emmanuel Macron a majority in the French National Assembly.
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The French Left’s Conundrum
Today on TAP: Macron’s been a disaster, but far worse disasters await should he lose.
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France’s Éric Zemmour Has Already Transformed America’s Far Right
The far-right pundit may not become the next president of France, but his ideas have influenced American nationalists for a decade.
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France’s ‘Deconfinement’ Plan
France has announced a carefully phased plan for easing the severe restrictions imposed in mid-March. The strategy is far more coherent, cautious, and realistic than the miraculous ‘reopening’ envisioned by U.S. authorities.
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France Turns to Citizen-Legislators to Craft Climate Reforms
Can a small group of randomly selected people succeed where French politicians have failed?