George Bush, then a presidential candidate, famously said at the 1988 Republican National Convention in New Orleans: “read my lips: no new taxes”. The pledge not to tax the American…
The long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. ‘In the long run we are all dead,’ wrote John Maynard Keynes in 1923. The statement seems well-suited to the…
In 1825, the first public railway line from Stockton and Darlington in the UK was opened to traffic. For more than half a century, there was a vigorous development of…
Among the many endangered species, there is one in particular: natural disasters not caused by climate change. The massive landslide triggered by the collapse of the Birch Glacier, which almost…
CBA is rarely used to evaluate public investments or policies. Environmental regulation is usually implemented by imposing limits and bans in the absence of evaluation. This is the case, for…
As is well known, in Western countries public spending represents today a high percentage of the gross domestic product. In Europe, it stands at around 50%. Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) has…
Rail and public transports are usually deemed essential features for a well-functioning mobility system. How could we get around in our cities without buses, trams and metros? Wouldn’t there be…
The European debate Last March, the European Parliament approved new rules on the weight and size of trucks: the total weight of single vehicles is now 44 tons (it…
“Shocking data”: according to the Corriere della Sera, the main Italian newspaper, “the cold has disappeared” as a result of climate change and last year, the Guardian tells us, heatwaves…
Cars are bad. More cars mean more accidents, pollution, climate change and congestion. Less cars are the way to go, whatever it takes. Or so the story goes. In 1999…
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