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Prohibition in Ontario: A Brief History & Current Analysis
There is only one way Ontarians can buy alcohol for private consumption. You can’t buy beer at the bar and then take it home – like in Alberta. And you can’t buy beer at the grocery store – like in...
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The State’s Dumb Strength
Many commentators expressed astonishment when thugs from the U.K. government recently ordered the destruction of hardware containing leaked government secrets belonging to the Guardian news outlet....
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Why Legalize Marijuana?
Marijuana is the hot issue again. Legalize it or keep it criminalized, that is, in the black market? Personally, I like the black market idea. At least it remains untaxed and unregulated. Legalizing...
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Wellarc Ain’t Doin So Well
A 17-year-old named Xavier Ménard has started his own graphic-design company. Although I don’t know him (nor speak his language) I’m very fond of this Xavier guy. This young entrepreneur is against...
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Uruguay Legalization a Model for Canadian Pot?
I’m afraid so. Like I wrote in a previous post, legalizing marijuana gives the government more tax revenue and regulatory powers. This option should always be discouraged. But as more and more...
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How Medical Innovation Redefines Our World
Reprinted from Laissez Faire Today On a Sunday afternoon swim, a 6-year-old boy was bugging me in a sweet sort of way. He rode up and down the handrail on the stairs in the shallow end of the pool...
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Central Planning at the Bank of Canada
I don’t understand Stephen Poloz’s appointment as the successor to Mark Carney. Nor do I understand why Mark Carney was so popular to begin with. Are artificially low interest rates policies supposed...
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A Brief History of the Canadian City
The end of World War 2 marks a good beginning point for this history. North American society went through some big changes and the cities reflect that. In Canada, The Canadian Mortgage and Housing...
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Ontario, BC & Ottawa Come Together On Financial Market Regulations
In 2011 the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the Harper Government can’t force a national securities regulator on the provinces. So in 2013, Finance Minister Flaherty has presented an agreement that,...
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Fifty Ways to Leave Leviathan
Reprinted from FEE.org State management of society is not only contrary to human liberty; it is also unworkable. It cannot achieve what it seeks to achieve, which is often all-round control of some...
View ArticleThe new France – taxes for all, jobs for none
One in four French University graduates wants to leave the country for a better life. More than 70 percent of the French feel that taxes are “excessive” and 80 percent believe the country’s economic...
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The Abolition of the Playground
Reprinted from FEE.org The Bobcat tractor was working its way through a pile of mulch as big as an office building, dragging it from the alley to the playground of a private daycare facility. I asked...
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Pot and Proper Living in Free Communities
The recent nullification of federal marijuana prohibition in Colorado is setting the groundwork for new social arrangements in an otherwise inconspicuous state. Last November, a ballot measure for...
View ArticleWhine and Cheese
First it was Canadian dairy producers who were upset with the proposed Canada-EU trade deal. Now it turns out Ontario’s wine producers are also riled up. The proposed deal will make it cheaper for many...
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The Cost of Money Production Revisited
The United States is in the process of replacing its $100 bill. The Mint was supposed to bring a newly designed bill to the public in 2011, but several botched designs have delayed introduction. The...
View ArticleThe French Choice: Soccer or Taxes
The list of France’s national pastimes includes striking, but it also includes soccer. You can imagine the confusion/ire/angst generated by the announcement that the premier French league will strike...
View ArticleThe Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Two Crises
Five years ago economists started telling a now tired joke: what´s the difference between Iceland and Ireland? Six months and one letter. The punch line was a wakeup call of sorts to Irish citizens....
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The FDA: A Pain From the Neck to the Big Toe
Reprinted from Mises.org I recently experienced severe pain in my feet, particularly in the big toes. In my imagination it felt like my feet had been run over by a truck and that several of my toes had...
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Google’s Green Energy Brag: $375 Million from Taxpayers (or more)
Reprinted from MasterResource.org On September 13, 2013, Google announced that it had signed a contract to buy the entire output of the 239 MW Happy Herford “wind farm” that is being developed by...
View ArticleExternalities, good and bad
“Greenhouses set up next to carbon-dioxide emitting factories give food producers easy access to the gas their plants love…. Everyone on the planet eats food, so perhaps a tax should be imposed on...
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