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“Never use the language of the other party. For their language imposes their frame.” And if this frame is constituted by the concept of an elephant, it will weigh you down with its immensity, and your objection will...
August 7, 2014 11:09 am / 364 comments
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Now it is not so much about expensive kindergartens, a more difficult career start, lower wages or worse pensions as a consequence. It is all about our lives. We, women, did not took care of our own interests during...
August 6, 2014 2:08 pm / no comments
For the fifth time, Institute of Economic and Social Studies INESS was honored to organize event commemorating Milton Friedman. In this event, we at INESS, traditionally commemorate Milton Friedman’s intellectual legacy. As Milton Friedman...
August 5, 2014 12:31 pm / no comments
Who has caused the crash of a malaysian boeing? Putin, little green people? Not really. We all did. The European Union, NATO, UN, international community – everyone.
It is a standard that airways above the areas of military actions are closed....
August 5, 2014 8:15 am / 1 comment
Trainees practicing inflation and deflation of hospital tent structures, GlobalMedic Training Day, Toronto, June 2011. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
While the European Central Bank, governments and many economists complain about the danger of deflation...
July 30, 2014 10:00 am / no comments
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Except for few unfortunate ones, high schoolers have already finished their key exams. European banks have not.
Large part of 1600-member crew of ECB officials, 6000 officials in member states and plenty of hired external...
July 29, 2014 3:08 pm / 6 comments
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Many myths have been spread about the character and effects of laissez-faire capitalism or so-called manchester capitalism. The „Ploetz“, encyclopedia of world history, defines Manchesterism as: „A term designating...
July 29, 2014 12:35 pm / 10 comments
Every one of us pays taxes daily and yet only a few could tell how much exactly they pay in taxes per month or per year. The Lithuanian Free Market Institute (LFMI) launched a new tax calculator “Moku mokesčius” (“I Pay the Taxes”),...
July 29, 2014 11:13 am / 2 comments
On July 24, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg pronounced a verdict on the treatment of two former prisoners of the clandestine and illegal prison established in the years 2002-2003 on Polish territory by CIA with the permission...
July 28, 2014 5:32 pm / no comments
The mosque in Kruszyniany. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Opposing hate speech will probably have no tangible effect on those who spread it. It will, however, introduce an alternative narrative into realms that sorely lack it and which young audiences...
July 28, 2014 4:15 pm / no comments