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.
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Size of Government and Economic Growth
Statistical evidence for the relationship between government size and economic growth.
Russians Understand Optimal Size Of Government
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
If government becomes too large, it hinders economic growth.
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Canadian Property Rights Index 2023
A Snapshot of Property Rights Protection in Canada After 10 years
Alberta Politics and Empty Promises of Health-care Solutions
The writ has been dropped and Albertans are off to the polls on May 29. That leaves just four weeks for political leaders and voters to sort out what is arguably the most divisive, yet significant, issue for this election - health care. On Day 2, NDP leader Rachel...
Why Do Governments Hate The Sun?
It’s nearly impossible to keep up with the endless barrage of government propaganda these days, all faithfully amplified by regime media. Daily and hourly, we are being warned to stay away from the sun, which is said to be unusually angry at us this year. What did we...
How’s Your Experience Dealing with Federal Government Departments?
Since the change of federal government in 2015, the size of the Federal Civil Service has increased by 40%. This has occurred at the same time that massive investments have been made on IT projects, with the intent of making the civil service more efficient and...
Competence, Not Size, Determines The Ideal Cabinet
For many years past, and probably many to come, fiscal conservatives have told governments to have small cabinets. Let’s face it–it’s a symbolic gesture at best and the last place where saving money should be a factor. Effectiveness should be our goal, not...
Evidence Mounts on Governmental Pandemic Failures
The late U.S. president Ronald Reagan liked to say the nine scariest words were, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Governments did a lot of “helping” during the pandemic, and some statistical analysis suggests results more frightening than any virus. In...
Part 3: The Lloydminster Bi-Provincial Upgrader Doubled the City in Size
Part 3 of a 6-part series examining the impact the construction of two heavy oil upgraders during Saskatchewan’s Grant Devine Government. The discussion hails from the recently published Frontier Centre book “So Much More We Can Be: Saskatchewan’s Paradigm Shift and...
Manitoba’s PC Government Half Billion Annual Hydro Heist
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...
Fostering a Constructive, Business-Friendly Regime Sustains Innovation, Not Government Money
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 boost productivity growth....
The Gig Economy from Yards to Governments
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 to deal with that might have been difficult or...
Holding Back the Pandemic Tide and Other Government Delusions
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 flattened the curve” became among the...