Adam Bartha

By Adam Bartha, Director of EPICENTER, the network of leading European free-market think tanks. EU legislation increased by more than 700% since the implementation of the Maastricht Treaty 30 years ago and by more than 100% since the Treaty of Lisbon came into effect in 2010. The period of exorbitant regulation increase also coincided with the sluggish economic growth of many old member states.

By Adam Bartha, Director of EPICENTER, the network of leading European free-market think tanks. The cost of energy, food, and housing is skyrocketing – and Europeans feel increasingly cash-strapped as the rising cost-of living crisis worsens across the continent.

Adam Bartha, Director of EPICENTER, argues YES Afghanistan is a textbook example of the sunk cost fallacy – where throwing additional financial and human resources at the problem will not improve the outcome. The fallout from two decades of Western military engagement is truly dire: 200,000 dead, including 50,000 civilians, a weak and unstable Afghani government, and radical islamist ideas as popular as ever before.