The following article discusses Sweden’s successful policy of keeping schools open throughout the pandemic. Simply put, they resisted the huge pressure excerpted upon them from the World Health Organization (WHO), as well as virtually all of the leaders of the …
Sweden Did It Right – We Did It Wrong
Sweden Did It Right – We Did It Wrong While most western countries reacted to COVID-19 with shutdowns and relief cheques while imposing a bewildering array of social distancing rules and regulations, Sweden did none of that. Instead, it imposed …
We Have Betrayed our Elders and Compromised our Children’s Future
The reports about nursing home deaths keep getting worse. Thousands of parents and grandparents have died before their time because of our collective negligence. At the same time, our decision to lock down has economic consequences that will hurt us …
The only Thing we have to fear is fear Itself
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Those were the famous words of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, spoken at his first inauguration on March 4, 1933, at the height of the Great Depression. Unemployment had hit 25 percent and there …
Pandemic Lockdown: Are We Just Delaying the Inevitable?
Most Western countries have been in lockdown for more than a month to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. Schools have been emptied and all businesses deemed nonessential have been closed by government order. This is an enormously expensive …
The Swedish Model: It’s the free-market reforms, stupid..
In a Europe plagued by debt crises, one country has no budget deficit at all and is currently returning to surplus. This same country is consistently among Europe’s fastest growing economies, with GDP growth set to hit 4% this year. That country is Sweden.
Time to Free Students from Forced Association: Freedom of association is a human right and universities are an ironic place to withhold them.
Freedom of association is a basic human right that includes freedom not to associate. It is time Canada followed Australia, Sweden, and New Zealand by making student unions and their fees voluntary.
Sir Roger Douglas Hard Right? No, They’re Hard Left
One expects NZ Prime Minister Clark or Finance Minister Cullen to describe conventional economic thinking as irrelevant “hard right” ideology. ACT’s policy has always been designed to ensure that disadvantaged people have the same opportunity, security and dignity as more affluent people do.
Sick Swedish Kids Wait for Care, Spurring Parents to Go Private
While Swedish hospitals rank among the best in the world, the slow pace of care has led many wealthy residents to opt out of the government-funded medical system. That’s creating tensions in a society where cradle-to-grave welfare programs have traditionally provided equal access to care for everyone.