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The Problem with Canmore
Canmore, Alberta is in the midst of a real estate bubble and its principle wealth-creator (tourism) is based on the same phony economy of low interest rates. Perhaps as a result of these economic...
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Five Common Misconceptions about Employment “Off the Books”
We want to buy more when we don’t pay the tax on goods. Similarly, employers want to employ more workers when they don’t have to pay a tax on labour There is a stigma attached to the productive...
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Welfare Costs Rapidly Escalating – Everywhere
Reprinted from GoldMoney Many of us are aware of Professor Laurence Kotlikoff of Boston University’s calculation that the net present value of the US Government’s future liabilities rose by $11...
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The Boston Ratchet Effect
The recent bombing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon had America scared – until the next fad in reactionary emotion begged for attention. Before the shootout and present manhunt began, the...
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Hiding the Unemployed: Disability and the Politics of Stats
Reprinted from Laissez Faire Today Some statistics cannot be understood without being set within a political framework, because they reflect politics as much as, or more than, they do reality. The...
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Canmore’s Rabbit Problem
Rabbits plague the town of Canmore. They’ve been around for years, the result of a municipal failure. Someone once had a lot of rabbits on his property; this went against the town’s by-laws. After an...
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Ottawa Combats White Privilege
I was passed along an advertisement recently of a graphic designer vaunting their wage subsidy provided by Human Resources Development Canada. If hired, this person would have their income partially...
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My Dinner with Cody Wilson: “I’m Looking Forward to Jail”
Reprinted from TheTruthAboutGuns.com Update- The US Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance, Enforcement Division has requested Cody Wilson remove information for how to print the world’s first 3...
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Five reasons why the LCBO sad child posters should go down
The LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario) is “an Ontario government enterprise and one of the world’s largest buyers and retailers of beverage alcohol.” Posters like the one below (Photo by: The...
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Behaving On Public Transit
Television’s favorite bumbling anti-hero Homer Simpson once described public transportation as being reserved strictly for “losers.” I used to share his sentiment. But working in what James Pinkerton...
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Mark Carney’s False Ideology
Neil Macdonald of the CBC recently did an investigative piece on central bankers and what they’re doing to the world’s economies. Mark Carney was featured heavily. He told Macdonald, “there is no...
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The Mayor’s Job
A lot of people have said a lot of things about Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. While Gawker is willing to pay up to $200,000 for the alleged cellphone video of Mayor Ford smoking crack, the Globe and Mail...
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The Age of the Entitled Employee
Today’s employees seem to think that they are owed a job. That, simply by virtue of their existence, others must be compelled to give them money regardless of the value of their labor. Case in point,...
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Russell Taylor: In Praise of People
Reprinted from Bogpaper.com The Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee recently threatened the Football Association, the Premier League and the Football League with intrusive legislation unless it...
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No Surprises
The Aristotelian concept of the “good life” is one in which the individual is most happy and content. This can encompass many things, while universally condemning acts of universal evil such as murder....
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Taxation Without Representation is Alive and Well
Taxation without representation is a powerful phrase. It is one that sparked one of the most important revolutions the world has ever seen. Consequently, one would hope that governments would have...
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Canadians Should Be Concerned about the NSA and PRISM
Reprinted from Vice Magazine On Friday, the world found out about PRISM: a secret tool developed by the United States’ National Security Agency that has been used, since 2007, to directly tap into the...
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The Paradox of Imperialism
Reprinted from Mises.org The State Conventionally, the state is defined as an agency with two unique characteristics. First, it is a compulsory territorial monopolist of ultimate decision-making...
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Tax Havens: a Symptom of Bad Policy
One of the major issues to be discussed by the participating countries of the G8 Summit taking place this week is the issue of offshore tax havens, where business owners find ways to hide their assets...
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Bangladesh Tragedy
Reprinted from LewRockwell.com he Bangladeshi people have suffered from a spate of fires and building collapses in textile factories. In the first few months of 2013, these tragedies have killed some...
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