Climate change should be an issue in the U.S. election, all right. But we shouldn’t be discussing greenhouse gases reduction in a futile attempt to stop climate from changing or extreme weather events from happening. Instead we should be discussing how best to prepare our growing societies for extreme weather like Tropical Storm Sandy, events that will continue to occur no matter what we do.
Year: 2012
Germany’s Federal States: Givers and Takers: Germans fear a European transfer union because they hate their own one
As they do about once a decade, the Germans are again fighting over their domestic “transfer union,” in which tax revenues are redistributed among the 16 federal Länder (states).
Price Gouging Is Good
As Hurricane Sandy hits the east coast, now is a good time to take some time to remember something very important - economics. Slate obliges: Even in these polarized times, there are some things politicians of both parties can agree. Price gouging, for example, is...
The revival of Swedish Liberalism
Around the world, leftist intellectuals have used Sweden as a poster child for the idea that socialism can simultaneously lead to prosperity and equality. Proponents of free enterprise usually don’t know how to respond to such statements. It can’t be denied that Swedes enjoy a high standard of living, and for sure, there are elements of redistribution and state interventionism in the country. However, the trend has clearly been in the opposite direction over the past couple of decades.
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Trust is the Foundation of Authority
The heartbreaking death of Nathanael Spitzer, the cancer-stricken boy from Ponoka, exposed a most callous streak in Alberta’s medical bureaucracy. There is no forgiving how Alberta Health Services appallingly used a child’s death to promote yet more COVID-19 fear. ...
Apple’s “Security” Pitch Conveniently Protects the iOS-Android Duopoly
In October, Apple Inc. warned that draft rules from the European Union that would require the technology company to open up its mobile operating system to third-party apps would pose a security risk to its users. Expanding on comments already made by CEO Tim Cook, a...
Media Release – Zero Support for No-Zero Policies
Michael Zwaagstra shows that no-zero grading policies create unhelpful incentives for students, and diminish the quality of education in our schools.
How to Avoid Making the Energy Boom Go Bust: ‘Resource nationalism’ is just one potential flashpoint that could slow a remarkable rise.
Mitt Romney’s energy plan, unveiled Thursday in New Mexico, is the first to deal with the new reality on the ground. It recognizes that the United States has accessible energy stores that could not only help resuscitate the American economy, but also transform global politics by taking energy leadership away from the perennially troubled Middle East.
Our SimCity Government: Governments treat us like Sim-citizens: with fewer rights for us and no accountability for them
Back in 1983, during the information processing Cretaceous Period, Maxis developed a new genre of educational, yet entertaining computer games. The latest version will be released next year.
Windsor-Detroit Bridge Deal Not the Best Use of Public Infrastructure Dollars
Despite the apparent need for increased bridge capacity at the Windsor-Detroit border, the cost of the publicly funded bridge agreed upon is unnecessary, given that a private company already wants to build a new bridge.
Equalization Only Promotes Lazy Spending Habits
Equalization doesn’t just reward failure. It encourages it. Seven Canadian provinces were chronic recipients of the program from the very beginning and all have been economic and financial underperformers that bleed ambitious young people to more dynamic parts of the country.
A Coca-Cola Solution to High Gas Prices: Regulations interfere with competitive markets and render all of us more vulnerable to supply disruptions.
When you fill your car with gasoline, you probably think you’re buying a commodity. Just as a Coke bought in Los Angeles is the same as one bought in Boston, a gallon of gasoline purchased one place is the same as one bought elsewhere—right? Wrong. As one refinery executive noted in 2003, “Gasoline is not gasoline anymore. It is a specialty chemical.”
Media Release – Time to Privatize Canada’s Airports: Airport Policy in Canada
High rents paid to the federal government have forced airports to increase landing fees to uncompetitive levels.
Airport Policy in Canada
Mary Jane Bennett argues that Canada should privatize its airports to reduce passenger loss to the United States and bolster our major airports as hubs of commercial activity.
Romney ticket skeptical of global warming
Paul Ryan: “Environmental issues have fallen victim to the hyper-politicization of science…”