Former Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin has a stern warning for the U.S. political class: Get real about the gap between federal revenues and spending, or get ready for disaster.
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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.
A Radical Exit From Global Financial Crisis
The most remarkable feature of the global financial crisis is its sheer duration. For five years now, developed economies have been in trouble – much longer than ‘ordinary’ recessions usually last. This is despite bountiful attempts to return the world’s industrialised economies to their previous steady growth path.
The Man Who Saved Capitalism: Milton Friedman, who would have turned 100 on Tuesday, helped to make free markets popular again in the 20th century. His ideas are even more important today.
It’s a tragedy that Milton Friedman—born 100 years ago on July 31—did not live long enough to combat the big-government ideas that have formed the core of Obamanomics. It’s perhaps more tragic that our current president, who attended the University of Chicago where Friedman taught for decades, never fell under the influence of the world’s greatest champion of the free market. Imagine how much better things would have turned out, for Mr. Obama and the country.
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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....
Big Tech Influence Can Tip Elections
Behavioural psychologist Robert Epstein believes Google can and does influence voters and that research teams in Canada and elsewhere need to monitor how users are being swayed. Epstein, the former editor-in-chief of Psychology Today and founder of the American...
Your Taxes: Code for ‘Collateral Damage’: The unintended consequences of taxes and spending
Taxes have their place—but there are plenty of harmful unintended consequences when imposed improperly.
Democratization of Capital Markets
PowerPoint slides which accompanied the Breakfast on the Frontier speech by S. Mark Francis in Winnipeg March 24, 2010. Watch while listening to related audio below.
How The Great Recession Concentrated Public Minds: Wage Freezes in New Brunswick, Ontario and Manitoba Will Help Balance the Books
Recently announced wage freezes for government employees in New Brunswick, Ontario and Manitoba will help address the long-term problem of rapid pay escalation in the public sector.
The Greediest Generation: Baby boomers and their public debt
Governments across Canada are piling up more deficits, the legacy of the baby boomers’ approach to finances.
Wilfrid Laurier’s Values and a More Powerful West: A strong Alberta can lead to a more powerful West
A strong Alberta leads to a more powerful West—which will be positive for all of Canada.
Universal Childcare is No Panacea: Promised productivity gains are unlikely to materialize
The notion that universal daycare is a prudent long-term investment is a canard.
Ten Wishes For Ted Morton: Alberta’s new finance minister has some tremendous opportunities
Alberta has the chance to do some spectacularly good things for the province and the country because of its latest cabinet shuffle.
Canada’s Corporate Welfare Bill: $30,252 per Family: The justifications for corporate welfare fail again
There’s a new-and-improved corporate welfare bill: it totals over $30,000 per Canadian family.
Subsidizing Canada’s Break-Up On The Public Dime: Public subsidies and the Bloc Quebecois
The Bloc Quebecois took in just $1.4 million in 2008 in private donations—but $7.9 million in public subsidies.