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A Plan for Economic Prosperity
by Niels Veldhuis & Milagros Palacios on June 22, 2009 | Economy
With less than a month to go in the federal election, there has been little real debate on the fiscal policies needed to improve Canada’s economic growth and productivity performance. What Canada needs is a fiscal plan focused on economic prosperity that creates and strengthens the incentives for individuals and businesses to engage in productive economic activity.
Read more » | 0 commentsDisaster Socialism: The Impact of the Financial Crisis on the Future of Conservative Politics
by Matt Bufton on June 22, 2009 | Economy
In her best-selling book The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism , Naomi Klein argues that times of crisis have been used to impose free-market reforms on an unsuspecting populace.
Read more » | 0 commentsWhere is Conservatism Today? Post-U.S. Election and after Harper's Election Victory?
by Michael Taube on June 22, 2009 | Economy, Future of Conservatism
For the first time in nearly a quarter century, conservatives are at a crossroads. The recent Canadian and American elections, and the dramatic turn of events that preceded and followed both results, have dramatically changed the course of conservatism.
Read more » | 0 commentsc2c Interview with Dr. Michael Walker
by Mark Milke on June 22, 2009 | Interview, Economy
Our interview with Dr. Michael Walker, a Senior Fellow of The Fraser Institute and President of the Institute’s Foundation. He served as Executive Director of The Fraser Institute from its establishment in 1974 until 2005.
Read more » | 0 commentsBack to the Future: A New Deal or an Old One?
by John Robson on June 22, 2009 | Economy
It’s starting to look like 1933 out there. With the stock market in a shambles and the economy slumping, governments are racking their brains, and history, for expensive solutions. But they are not finding what they think they are.
Read more » | 1 commentsForget "Unfettered" Markets...
by Andrew Reed & Pierre Desrochers on July 22, 2009 | Economy
“Are Western governments doing enough for their citizens by intervening in the markets during the current economic crisis?” This was the question posed by Ed Broadbent in a speech earlier this year at York University. The former federal NDP leader argued that after decades of deregulation, a return to more active involvement of the state in the economy was necessary to boost economic growth and restore “social rights”.1 However until very recently it was environmental issues and especially global warming that were top of most Canadian’s minds.2
Read more » | 0 commentsSorting Through Keynesian Rubble
by A. M. C. Waterman on July 22, 2009 | Economy, Philosophy
Should governments run deficits to pay for ‘stimulus packages’? ‘Of course!’ say many Democrats, liberals, socialists and others who flatter themselves that they are ‘progressive’. ‘Heaven forbid!’ say many Republicans, libertarians and others in the USA and Canada who like to think of themselves, quite wrongly in some cases, as ‘conservative’. On occasion, these opinions, whether ‘left’ or ‘right’, may rest on some understanding of how a market economy works. But all too often, it seems, they are mere gut reactions—nothing but the result of prejudice and ideological bias.
Read more » | 2 commentsThe War Against Creative Destruction: Why Government Bailouts Only Make Things Worse
by Paul Beaudry on September 24, 2009 | Recession, Public Policy, Economy
Conventional wisdom quickly cemented around the notion that to deal with the economic windstorm, governments had to come to the rescue with funding to save failing businesses. In the long-term this does more harm to the business world than anything because businesses fail to curb risky behaviour and are enabled to continue poor decisions, knowing the state will be there to rescue them.
Read more » | 0 commentsIntroduction: Keeping a Little Perspective: Avoiding Mistakes of the Past on the Road to Recovery
by Gwyn Morgan on September 24, 2009 | Public Policy, Economy
c2c Advisory Council member and retired CEO Gwyn Morgan provides an overview of the current issue of c2c and his own thoughts on the recent economic turmoil.
Read more » | 1 commentsCitizens, the State, and the Crisis: How Canadians can Emerge as Masters, Not Servants, of Government
by Bill Robson on September 24, 2009 | Public Policy, Economy
A plethora of different theories have been put forward in recent months as to the root causes of the recent financial crisis. In this insightful and thought-provoking piece, economist William Robson offers up three main factors to explain the implosion, analyzes why Canada has weathered the storm fairly well and explains what limited government advocates must do to ensure we come out of the recession stronger, more wealthy and freer than before.
Read more » | 0 commentsFearful Symmetry: The Fall and Rise of Canada’s Founding Values
by Brian Lee Crowley on September 24, 2009 | Public Policy, United States, Economy
An excerpt from Chapter 1 of Brian Lee Crowley’s provocative and scintillating new book, Fearful Symmetry: The Fall and Rise of Canada’s Founding Values.
Read more » | 0 commentsInterview with Don Drummond: Vice President and Chief Economist of TD Bank Financial Group
by Unknown Author on September 24, 2009 | Interview, Economy
An Interview with Don Drummond Vice-President and Chief Economist of TD Bank Financial Group
Read more » | 0 commentsStop the 'Stimulus' Spending: The Case for Restraint
by Niels Veldhuis and Charles Lammam on September 24, 2009 | Fiscal Policy, Economy
Niels Veldhuis and Charles Lammam dissect the hard numbers to debunk conventional wisdom that governments should spend more during an economic slowdown – the facts show the reverse is true.
Read more » | 0 commentsThis Month's Featured Article
Treason From 16TH-Century England TO 9/11
“In advanced countries, treason is an antiquarian offence,” writes Lord Black in his survey of treason from the 16th century to the attacks in New York and Washington in September 2001. “Toleration of conscientious objection and a media tendency to mistrust militarism and nationalism and to seek the ‘sources’ of even foreign discontent have made treason an unfashionable allegation, as it implies national moral superiority. “
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