What Do Taxi Drivers in Greece and DC Have in Common?
Whereas Greece is liberalizing its taxi market, the District of Columbia is making it harder for individual drivers to compete.
Nick Ottens
Nick Ottens is a public affairs officer for the Dutch Animal Coalition and a board member for Liberal Green, the sustainability network of the Dutch liberal party VVD. He is a former political risk consultant and a former research manager for XPRIZE, where he designed prize competitions to incentivize breakthrough innovation in agriculture, food and health care. He has also worked as a journalist in Amsterdam, Barcelona and New York for EUobserver, NRC, Trouw, World Politics Review and Wynia’s Week, among others.
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Austerity Could Improve European Defense
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Just How Bad Are Britain’s Spending Cuts?
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Concern About Afghanistan Troop Withdrawals
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Nuclear Proliferation in Southwest Asia
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