135pp ISBN: 9780987895400 (hardcover)
Indie Ink Publishing August 2011
Many other explanations are given for prosperity, but none of them stand up to scrutiny. If natural resources were the key to prosperity, Nigeria would be rich and Singapore poor. If large populations mattered, Russia would be wealthier than Switzerland. If prosperity was the preserve of older countries, then Greece would be wealthier than Hong Kong. If it was a matter of past prosperity then Argentina would still be the world’s most prosperous country, as it was at the beginning of the 20th Century. If being close to world markets was essential, then Central American countries should be more prosperous than Australia and New Zealand. Nobody who can be taken seriously today believes that a region’s prosperity is due to the intrinsic characteristics of the people who live there. in all of these cases, the countries mentioned first have poor public policy environments that suppress creativity, while the ones mentioned second have the sound ones that promote it. With these two themes in mind, Saskatchewan’s current circumstances, wealth, political stability, and an inclusive society have placed the province in a prime position to become one of the most spectacular societies in human history.
