Relative poverty lines are actually only measurements of inequality, and tell us almost nothing about material deprivation.
Ben Eisen
National Post Debate on Minimum Wages
The National Post has two op-eds today arguing for and against higher minimum wages in Canada. They're both worth reading. Unsurprisingly, the debate hinges on the complicated question of whether and to what extent higher minimum wages increase unemployment. Jim...
Calling Something “Green” Doesn’t Always Make It So
The worst example of this may have been the heavy subsidization of biofuels, which led to the destruction of huge swaths of rainforests around the world as people cleared the land in an effort to cash in on a government created biofuel bubble.
Public Administration Wage Growth: Comparing rates of wage growth in industries across the Canadian economy (1998-2009)
Between 1998 and 2009, wage growth for federal government public administration workers grew by 59%. This compares to an average rate of wage growth of just 30% across the rest of the economy.
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Let’s Celebrate Reaching Global Population of Eight Billion
Recently, the United Nations estimated that the population of Planet Earth had reached eight billion souls. Despite the chatter of the highly subsidized climate doomster complex this is quite an achievement - it certainly indicates that the carrying capacity of our...
China’s “Truckers’ Convoy”
Anti-lockdown protests are now taking place across China - the Chinese equivalent of our Truckers’ Convoy. The protests are a reaction to the brutal policies that literally lock people in their apartments, when even one infection is detected. As in Canada, when...
Suzuki Report Provides Honest Environmental Advocacy: Study confirms that emission cuts will cost billions
The Suzuki/Pembina greenhouse gas report recognizes that significant greenhouse gas reductions cannot be achieved without substantial costs in terms of lost economic growth.
Manitoba’s Unsustainable Government Pay Premium : Manitoba taxpayers foot the bill for unusually high public servant salaries
The average provincial public administration employee in Manitoba earns 50 per cent higher wages than the average worker in the province. By comparison, the pay premium in neighbouring Saskatchewan is just 31 per cent.
The Environmental State of Canada – Slides
PowerPoint slides detailing Canada’s environmental progress which accompanied the Meeting for Policy Experts seminar by Dr. Ken Green and Ben Eisen in Winnipeg on June 17th, 2009.
The Environmental State of Canada
Air, water, soil dramatically improving despite all the environmental scare-mongering. Forest cover steady, not declining. Carbon Dioxide increasing but far slower than predicted in the past based on economic growth.
We Don’t Need Another New Deal
The data show a significant difference between the economic situation today and that of the Great Depression. Additionally, one must keep in mind that, given the social support measures and automatic countercyclical