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Turning Their Backs on Sweden’s Welfare State
Reprinted from Circle Bastiat As noted by e.g. Reason.com, Yahoo! News recently reportedthat Swedes are increasingly turning their backs on their globally lauded utopian welfare state. While very...
View ArticleOutlawing “Bankruptcy” in Europe
The European Union (EU) is currently discussing banning “bankruptcy.” Not the actual financial act, but the word. Apparently there is a stigma attached to going bankrupt. It leaves people thinking that...
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Capitalism and Fast Food: Delicious Bedfellows
The World Health Organization has released a lovely little report on the effects of economic deregulation on the consumption of fast food and the average Body Mass Index (BMI) of citizens. To the...
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The Right to Say No
In his book Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, German philosopher Immanuel Kant deduced the axiomatic case for why theft is wrong. Because man should act, at all times, as if his behavior can be...
View ArticleMy letter to the NY Times re: The Fallacy of Planning–set Detroit free
Re: A Picture of Detroit in Ruin Dear Sirs: Detroit does not need another worthless plan in order to deal with its problems. To what end will a “blight plan” be put? This is the question that should...
View ArticleMy letter to the NY Times re: A tale of two banking models
Re: Fed Closes a Loophole for Banks Overseas Re: Lending Where Banks Can’t: Blackstone Thrives in Ireland Dear Sirs: These two articles appeared on the front page of your Business Day section on...
View ArticleMy letter to the NY Times re: Fuel Economy Economic Nonsense
Re: Obama Orders New Efficiency for Big Trucks Dear Sirs: President Obama needs a lesson in Econ 101. Requiring that business meet a new fuel economy standard in order to achieve some environmental...
View ArticleNew EU credit card proposal will harm small businesses
From today’s Open Europe news summary: The European Parliament’s economic affairs committee yesterday voted in favour of a proposal to limit credit card payment fees charged to retailers by banks at...
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Economics of Daddy Days
Imagine if everyone was the same. Imagine if traditional social roles were completely obliterated. Imagine if egalitarianism wasn’t a pipe dream but reality. And imagine if our very understanding of...
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Pharmacy Wars
The Ontario Government’s war on drugs is entering a new and more dangerous phase that is bringing increasing violence to the most unexpected of places: the province’s pharmacies. One normally thinks of...
View ArticleNew Laws on Prostitution Will Victimize the Women
by Wendy McElroy On December 20, 2013, sex workers were jubilant. The Canadian Supreme Court unanimously struck down three anti-prostitution laws because they endangered the safety of prostitutes. The...
View ArticleMy letter to National Review Magazine re: Stop applauding Ben Bernanke
Dear Sirs: In your February 24th edition under “The Week” recap of significant news events you make the astounding statement that Ben Bernanke should be applauded for his massive money printing,...
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Stop the Presses: Environmentalists Argue for Fewer Regulations
No one likes to boss other people around more than environmentalists. Their wildly unrealistic policy agenda combined with an innate disdain for other humans makes them alarmingly aggressive about...
View ArticleA Letter from Cass Sunstein
From the desk of Cass Sunstein Former Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Former appointment to NSA Advisory Panel March 3, 2014 Hello there citizen! I hope...
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Raise the Minimum Wage? A Socratic Dialogue
Reprinted from FEE.org The ancient sage Socrates, a giant in the foundation of Western philosophy, was known for a teaching style by which he aggressively questioned his students. He employed his...
View ArticleMore Insanity from the European Union
Fascinating excerpts from the March 14, 2014 Open Europe news summary in italics and my comments below each: All mobile phones and some other electronic appliances on the European market will have to...
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Google: Friend of Liberty or Tyranny?
One of the biggest themes in science fiction has always been paranoia, and the dark implications of new technologies – technologies that initially seem like unalloyed positives but which are found to...
View ArticleA Faux Fix for Traffic Congestion in Toronto
Re: Proposal to ban cars every other day in Toronto Traffic congestion in certain cities is being met in the traditional ineffective, statist way; i.e., don’t fix it; just make it illegal by...
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The Meaning of Social Constructs
Imagine trying to debate the differences between cats and dogs with someone. But throw in one caveat: neither you nor your fellow debater know what a cat or dog is. Any kind of discussion on the...
View ArticleCreating Unemployment and Poverty
From today’s Open Europe news summary: In an interview with Die Welt, Jean-Claude Juncker, the EPP’s candidate for European Commission President, argues, “As Europeans we have been active in many areas...
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