The European Union is planning to tax all airlines that travel to and from the 27 EU nations based on the amount of carbon emissions they produce.  The tax, to be collected beginning in 2013 for prior year emissions, will be calculated based on the length of each flight. The farther the airlines travel, the heftier the tax.

The South African Reserve Bank should seize the opportunity offered by the U.S. Federal Reserve in order to better equip it to cope with the stormier days that all too likely lie ahead for the global economy.

A profound change is occurring in the global economy, as the emerging market economies enjoy much more rapid growth and relatively much sounder public finances than the industrial countries, which will place increasing global economic importance on the emerging economies.

South African policymakers should not underestimate the European sovereign debt crisis, which is likely to spark global financial market turbulence that will have a severe impact on the South African economy.

Absentee voting or voting by a mail ballot has expanded greatly over the past thirty years. What have the effects been of this trend?

"Given the disappointing March numbers, it is unlikely that this month's report will show a huge improvement. It is likely that the economy will add 120,000-140,000 jobs--small numbers that suggest protracted periods of sluggish growth still lie ahead of us." Aparna Mathur, AEI

Preemptive concessions rarely convince another important power that the United States is serious about asserting and defending its own vital interests.

The choices within the climate change debate are extraordinarily difficult. Imperfect people, not pure science, must decide our course of action.