Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) laws backfire in the United States.
Year: 2002
A Conversation with John Norquist (On Schools)
The second of a two part interview with policy innovator Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist – “If school choice is bad for teachers how come they get paid so much in the Netherlands?”
What If Supermarkets were Run like Schools?
Economists have been accused of wanting to run our schools like supermarkets. What if we did?
You Can’t Build a City with Handouts
Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist unleashes the city with innovative policy not more federal subsidies
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Cities Have to Expand for House Prices to Fall
The cost of actually building a house does not vary that much across Canada The Ford government’s plan to expand the land supply available for housing has evoked the usual dog whistles about “urban sprawl” by interests apparently unaware of the strong...
How We Teach Reading Really Does Matter
Reading is the most important skill taught in school. If students don’t learn how to read, not much else that happens there is going to matter. That’s because being able to read is important in virtually every job. Without the ability to read, life itself will be a...
*The Myth of Government Efficiency
Lots of people say that government should be run more like a business. The truth is that it can’t run like a business. Businesses always spend their own money. Governments always spend yours.
Begin Canadian Wheat Board Reforms
Just say the words “Canadian Wheat Board” to three Prairie farmers and you’ll quickly hear four different opinions. What should be done about this “single desk” grain-selling agency, if anything?
*The Market Can Transform Our Schools
The Supreme Court’s voucher decision clears the way for a major expansion of parental school choice.
Deconstructing the Aboriginal Problem
An important new paper points the way to the resolution of an historic blight on Canadian society – the social and economic health of our First Nations population. Aboriginals as a distinct group have not fully participated in the wider prosperity of the country whose First Citizens they compose.
Equalization: Help that Hurts
The federal equalization program — which distributes dollars to poorer provinces based on their ability to raise revenues — is rather simple in theory and noble in intent.
Police Performance Up
In the mix of elements that might generate recovery in Winnipeg’s troubled core, a necessary, if not sufficient condition is effective policing.
Modernizing the City of Winnipeg Act
Manitoba is overhauling the legislation that governs the operation of the province’s largest city.
*Prepare for the Big Chill
The Earth’s climate is changing in a dramatic way, with immense danger for man and the natural systems that sustain him. This was the frightening message broadcast to us by environmentalists in the recent past. Here are some of their prophecies.
Biotech Advances Boost Agriculture
The march of high-tech agriculture continues in spite of the spurious obstacles thrown in the way of progress by the anti-trade and anti-globalization crowd.