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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.
Climate And Capitalism: A Match Made In Hell
Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire. Imagine the money bomb waiting to be scooped up rebuilding one of Hawaii’s main tourist towns. Same story in the central valley of California. 2030 wants cattle off the land, so why not burn acres upon acres of feed....
Stakeholder Capitalism’s Sleight of Hand
The Trojan horse of social engineers has crossed the gates. At the latest World Economic Forum in Switzerland, the Davos Manifesto 2020 replaced the original from 1973. The new one lays down a company’s duties towards “stakeholders” rather than shareholders. This...
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There’s Nothing Fair About Canadian Health Care
For the past 14 years, Vancouver surgeon Dr. Brian Day has led the charge for health-care reform, pushing for the right of patients to pay for private care if their health and well-being are threatened as a result of waiting in a stagnant and overburdened public...
Transformers: More than Meets the Eye
The path to net zero, based on the much disputed belief that carbon dioxide is a pollution, is more steep and impractical than most people realize. Replacing fossil fuels with clean electricity will require much more power generation and a greatly upgraded grid to...
Canada, One of the Freest (Markets) At Last
The Heritage Foundation-Wall Street Journal’s Index of Economic Freedom 2011 says Canada has edged upward in capitalist sentiment and free-market rights in the past couple of years, thereby earning an elite ranking as a “free economy.”
Housing Here Among World’s Most Affordable: Real estate in Saint John, Fredericton and Moncton ranked with six other Canadian markets in international prices survey
Frontier Centre in the media from the Times & Transcript (Moncton).
Governments Can’t Hide from Profit: When Governments don’t record profits, they should acknowledge the foregone profits of taxpayers’ capital
Profit is not the enemy in healthcare. Its banishment from government books does not improve societal welfare once the loss of potential profit by private citizens is accounted for.
Capitalism: A True Love Story
Steve Forbes and Elizabeth Ames explore the negative impact government regulation has on open markets. Worth a look from Forbes Magazine.
American Capitalism Gone With A Whimper
The proud American will go down into his slavery without a fight, beating his chest and proclaiming to the world, how free he really is. The world will only snicker.
Do Not Let The ‘Cure’ Destroy Capitalism
As governments continue to determine how many restrictions to place on markets, especially financial markets, the destruction of wealth from the recession should be placed in the context of the enormous creation of wealth and improved well-being during the past three decades. Financial and other reforms must not risk destroying the source of these gains in prosperity.
Friedman Confirmed Free Markets Work the Best
The death of Nobel prize winner and economist, Milton Friedman, has caused many to contemplate his ideas on the proper role of government.
Getting Results from Markets
One of my favorite movie quotes is Hayley Mills’s line in Pollyanna, “When you look for the bad in mankind, expecting to find it, you surely will.” And that’s what Mr. Stracher and many others do. While you’re busy looking for the bad, you miss so much of the good.
Cowboy Capitalism: European Myths, American Reality
Another story has been unfolding, not as dramatic as the ending of an entire political and economic system but still of great long-term significance