In Defense of Free Trade by Marc Law Trade enables us to separate what we choose to consume from what we choose to produce. Protectionism can put a damper on the efficiencies of trade. That's not how it works now. At a recent Student Seminar on Public Policy Issues, this author's talk on Canadian journalists turned into a debate. Paying Your Own Way, Revisited by Chris Sarlo Students in Canada still pay less than half the cost of their own education.
Canadian taxpayers continue to pay the lion's share of a university education.
This first of three articles detailing the nature of so-called market failures focuses on market power and monopolies. Here's what can be done about it. The federal court is often viewed as habitually partisan, often inept, and frequently indecisive. The solution could lie in the American-style legislative review of Supreme Court appointments. Paying to Drive on City Streets by Filip Palda Privatizing city streets may be one way to solve ubiquitous, maddening traffic jams.