What happens when a municipal service delivered by an in-house monopoly is exposed to competition?
Year: 2007
Drug Dealers and Global Warming – Parallel Parables?
People respond to incentives – we compare incentives of climate change information providers and the actors in an infamous Mexican parable.
Eliminate MLCC? I’ll Drink to That!
A part time Winnipegger questions the 50 million dollar cost of Manitoba’s liquor monopoly.
Mart Laar, Prime Minister of Estonia (1992-94 and 1999-2002)
Frontier discusses the Baltic Tiger in a conversation with Mart Laar, the former Prime Minister of Estonia.
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What Exactly Does ‘Climate Justice’ Mean?
It seems like everything is about justice these days. Recently, as I drove home from the store, I saw a sign for the elections here in New York from the local Democratic Party, promising “equity, equality, and justice for all.” Beyond the obvious concerns any sane...
We are Finding the 2800 Missing Children
The “secret graves” and “missing children” narrative had our national flag flying at half-mast for over five months after an obscure indigenous politician made the startling claim that she “knew” that 215 indigenous children had been secretly buried in the “apple...
Industry Caught in ‘Carbon Credit’ Smokescreen
Companies and individuals rushing to go green have been spending millions on "carbon credit" projects that yield few if any environmental benefits. A Financial Times investigation has uncovered widespread failings in the new markets for greenhouse gases, suggesting...
The Law and the Lore
Introduction If you have the good fortune to attend a conference on “The Sustainable Management of the Central Forests” or “The Sustainable Management of the Chatham Fisheries” you will listen to a fine collection of papers based on solid science and sound economics....
The Great Global Warming Swindle
Martin Durkin’s new documentary puts the subsidized high-priests of manmade global warming on the run. Singer summarizes the film’s arguments.
The Primary Care Problem
We can order a book and have it delivered without ever going out the door. Yet access to primary healthcare is still a function of yesterday’s practices and technologies.
YOU MUSN’T GO DOWN TO THE COAST TODAY!
NIWA has applied the scary scenarios generated by the latest run of IPCC computer models to New Zealand. Having failed to predict the weather over Easter they now play safe by forecasting so far out none of us will be around to check them out. We need to be aware of...
The Permitted Baseline Test
Several of you have responded asking why the Permitted Baseline Test is so important,� or have asked for more information as to what it is and how it works. It seems to me that the permitted baseline test provides a useful "litmus" test as to whether a planning...
The Selfish Generation gets Greedier by the Day
We Greedy Oldies should be ashamed of ourselves. And the old boys and girls on our councils should be the most ashamed. These Councillors want to expand their empires, build their monuments, and save the planet. But they don’t want to send the bill to their ratepayers...
How Broadband Gets People Out of Their Cars
Politicians and central planners love to tell us: “If we want to reduce congestion we have to get people out of their cars and on to public transport." We now have ample evidence that attempts to reduce congestion by boosting public transport are doomed to fail. From...
Rodney’s Ravings – A Response and Expansion
Rodney Dickens, writes the “Rodney’s Ravings” newsletter, one of which was reprinted in the Mangawhai Memo of 22nd February. Rodney is a highly competent analyst and his “Ravings” provide useful commentaries which are highly valued by those of us who consume such data...