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Good Meat plant Alameda California

Cultivated Meat’s Three Major Challenges

Companies need to grow more than muscle. They need to scale up, and they need political support.

Nick OttensNick OttensSeptember 3, 2023September 3, 2023
Cultivated meat

Three Typical Mistakes About Cultivated Meat

Critics compare current prices, compare cultivated meat to a perfect world and bet against progress.

Nick OttensNick OttensJuly 3, 2023September 3, 2023

EU to Treat Gig Workers as Employees

Reforms could affect 43 million workers by 2025.

Nick OttensNick OttensJune 13, 2023August 1, 2023
Ronald Reagan

Dutch Government Mistakes Reagan’s Warning for Advice

If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

Nick OttensNick OttensMay 5, 2023July 9, 2023
Mölsheim Germany wind turbines

EU Plans for Hydrogen, Clean Tech and Mining, Explained

Europe’s answer to the American Inflation Reduction Act.

Nick OttensNick OttensApril 4, 2023May 19, 2023
Giorgia Meloni

Italy’s Synthetic Food Ban Is Victory for Meat Lobbyists

Slaughters and farm lobbyists insist cultivated meat is “unnatural”. What it is, is competition.

Nick OttensNick OttensMarch 29, 2023May 11, 2023
Emmanuel Macron Ursula von der Leyen

Macron Is Winning the Argument for State Aid in Europe

Two years ago, the French president’s proposals were too far-fetched.

Nick OttensNick OttensJanuary 18, 2023April 4, 2023
Barbershop

Noncompete Clauses Should Be Banned

Companies don’t really need them. Workers pay the price.

Nick OttensNick OttensJanuary 10, 2023March 16, 2023
Chicken hamburger

Europe Is Falling Behind in Cultivated Meat

Cell-based meat has been approved by the American FDA.

Nick OttensNick OttensNovember 21, 2022January 18, 2023
Disney World Florida

Republicans Turn Their Backs on Private Enterprise

Florida’s retaliation against Disney marks an escalation.

Nick OttensNick OttensMay 5, 2022June 20, 2022
Barcelona Spain

Spain Tries to Attract More Expats

Taxes are cut, but there’s not much the national government can do about overbearing bureaucracy.

Nick OttensNick OttensDecember 10, 2021September 13, 2022
Kamala Harris Joe Biden

Biden Did Not End Trump’s Trade War with Europe

The new president replaces aluminum and steel tariffs with a convoluted system of quotas.

Nick OttensNick OttensNovember 23, 2021November 13, 2022
Waverley train station Edinburgh Scotland

Great British Railways: Neither Public Nor Private Enough

The better options would be complete nationalization or full privatization.

David DowningDavid DowningMay 24, 2021November 23, 2021
The Hague Netherlands

Dutch Extend COVID Aid for Businesses

Government pays half the rent and 90 percent of salaries.

Nick OttensNick OttensAugust 29, 2020October 2, 2021
Donald Trump

Trump Bans TikTok. Where Is the Party of Free Enterprise?

The president can now ban private companies he doesn’t like?

Nick OttensNick OttensAugust 7, 2020November 13, 2022

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