On overview of the Catalan Healthcare model from Catalonia, Spain which features a purchaser-provider split.
Russia’s Flat Tax Works
After Russia moved to a simple 13% flat income tax revenues increased.
Re-inventing Child and Family Services
Separating administration from delivery works wonders for child welfare services in 3 American states.
Food Safety Independent of Marketing Boards
Defenders of supply management who contend that the policy enhances food safety are wrong.
U.S. Anger Clouds Rural Economy
Canada’s clumsy positioning on the Iraq conflict will cost the rural economy on several pressing trade fronts
Dairy Farmer Appeals Dairy Quota Squeeze Play
In Ontario, farmers pay $27,000 to the Dairy Farmers for a licence to milk one cow. Those who can’t afford to pay are fighting back.
Drowning in a sea of structural funds?
“It’s when you hear people seriously suggesting that Portugal should fiddle its official statistics, so that we are still rated poor enough to qualify for European subsidies, that you wonder if this has gone too far” – The Economist looks at the debilitating effects of regional aid… obvious parallels in Canada…
It’s Time to Close the Indian Reservations
The chief problem for Indians on reservations isn’t that land was stolen from their ancestors a few generations ago, but that the federal government owns or controls most of the land they live on now, say critics.
Let’s Dance the Dutch Minuet on Schools
The Dutch schooling model works well and would solve some long festering issues in Manitoba education.