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Politics of Halal certification: the collapse of the MUI’s long-held monopoly
In the wake of increased government oversight, questions nonetheless remain over the MUI’s accountability.
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Geopolitics drives vaccine access in Asia
Author: David P Fidler, CFR From the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccines were seen as critical to countering it. The World Health Organization (WHO) and other stakeholders created the...
Informational material on protected species in Caribbean Netherlands
A report from The Daily Herald. Informational material on regulations on the international trade in endangered species of wild flora and fauna – also known as the CITES Convention –...
Kang Kyung-wha’s legacy for South Korean women
Author: Kathryn Botto, Carnegie Endowment Kang Kyung-wha said goodbye to her role as South Korea’s foreign minister in February as Chung Eui-yong assumed the post. Kang leaves behind a legacy...
The Malady of Ignorance? Indonesian Parliament During the COVID-19 Pandemic
During this pandemic, “losing” these key Parliamentary functions has exacerbated the lack of “checks and balances”
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POLITICS
From yesterday's decision in In re Nwaubani, from the Fourth Circuit (Judges Marvin Quattlebaum, Allison Rushing, and DeAndrea Gist Benjamin):…
The post Fourth Circuit Publicly Admonishes Lawyer for "Citations to Nonexistent Judicial Opinions" appeared first on Reason.com. ...
IN: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
IN: CULTURE
Ken Levine on BioShock, Ayn Rand, and Libertarianism
"What does completely, completely unregulated commerce look like?" Ken Levine's Bioshock will tell you. ...
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Delivers Anarchy in the U.K., Again
A zombie movie where mystical evil turns out to be a blonde guy named Jimmy. ...
Betty Boop Enters the Public Domain, but Only as a Dog
The cartoon's bizarre saga illustrates what's wrong with modern copyright law. ...
The John Galt of Comic Books
The co-creator of Spider-Man and Dr. Strange later created some failed Ayn Rand–inspired superheroes. ...
IN: URBAN PLANNING
Los Angeles City Council Votes To Lower Rent Caps on 650,000...
The new rules would permit landlords to raise rents by a maximum of 4 percent per year, a decrease from the 8 percent maximum allowable increase under the current rules. ...
Drive-Thrus Are Booming. Why Are Cities Banning Them?
Despite increasing demand, cities across the U.S. are pushing bans on new drive-thru restaurants in the name of reducing traffic and promoting walkability. ...
California Forever, Forever
The company needs a lot of government permission slips to build its planned new city in the Bay Area. It's now changing the order in which it asks for them. ...
How Third-World Countries Build Walkable Cities Without Central Planning
Jakarta, Indonesia, shows why you don't need central planners to get pedestrian-friendly urban design. ...
The Town Without Zoning
Can Caroline, New York, resist the imposition of its first-ever zoning code? ...
Atlanta Plans To Blow $230 Million on 2-Mile Extension of Useless...
That's more than $21,000 per foot. And the tab doesn't include operating costs, which taxpayers will also heavily subsidize. ...
How a Public Housing Project Became an Unplanned Neighborhood
A favela in southern Brazil shows the upside of an "invasive" urban form—and offers lessons for U.S. housing policy. ...
Toronto after the 1st Wave: How COVID-19 affected three key markets
This is co-authored by Youjing Li and Shauna Brail In the fall of 2020, a University of Toronto research team set out to track key metrics from the city to assess the impact of COVID-19 on Toronto’s public health, economic well-being, and urban vibrancy. Since then, we published six data-driven dashboards documenting a wide range […]
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