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Richard Vedder, Ohio University, on the optimal size of government

Media Appearances, Public Sector, Frontier CentreNovember 8, 2006

The size of government in Western democracies has outgrown the point at which they offer the most optimal results for citizens. That has generally reduced standards of living and levels of efficiency in the public sector.

Size of Government and Economic Growth

Worth A Look, Role of Government, Frontier CentreJanuary 24, 2004

Statistical evidence for the relationship between government size and economic growth.

Russians Understand Optimal Size Of Government

Commentary, Role of Government, Frontier CentreDecember 1, 2000

Russian President Putin’s chief economic advisor is applying a dose of radical medicine to supercharge that country’s economic growth rate and living standards.

The Optimum Size Of Government

Commentary, Role of Government, Frontier CentreJanuary 31, 2000

If government becomes too large, it hinders economic growth.

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Manitoba’s PC Government Half Billion Annual Hydro Heist

Commentary, Crown Corporations, Energy, Graham LaneApril 3, 2022

Before a NDP government and it’s politically appointed Manitoba Hydro board faded out after the Pallister Conservatives won in 2016, it was generally accepted by all political parties, and the media, that Hydro’s then ultra-low electricity rates were “Manitoba’s Advantage”. …

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Fostering a Constructive, Business-Friendly Regime Sustains Innovation, Not Government Money

Commentary, COVID-19, Government, Ian MadsenDecember 30, 2021

For standards of living to grow, productivity growth must be strong and continually renewed. That is one notion that nearly all economists can agree on. So, it is not surprising that politicians scramble to discover new or not-so-new ways to …

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The Gig Economy from Yards to Governments

Commentary, Disruption, Lee HardingMarch 4, 2021

My landlord friend had a problem and the solution was so novel he had to tell me about it. He lives in Winnipeg, but his house tenant in Regina couldn’t remove snow from the property. Not long ago, finding someone …

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Holding Back the Pandemic Tide and Other Government Delusions

Commentary, COVID-19, Government, Brian GiesbrechtFebruary 13, 2021

Good news has many fathers, the saying goes, while bad news is an orphan. So it was when the Covid-19 case numbers and casualty counts began to recede late last spring. Even faster than dandelions sprouting, variations on “We have …

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Rightsizing Government After the COVID Debacle

Commentary, Government, Peter HolleOctober 7, 2020

We can reasonably expect the COVID-19 pandemic to be over sometime later next year. While Canada will have reported thousands of deaths, the dark total will be nowhere near the original projections (perhaps 10,000 instead of 350,000), and about 80% …

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