Showcase your ideas on public policy and the role of markets by entering our essay competition. Each year the Institute holds a competition for students, designed to encourage and develop student writers.
STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST 2009
Sponsored by the Manning Centre for Building Democracy
1st Prize: $1,000
2nd Prize: $500
High school category: $250
Topic:
Economic Freedom and Global Prosperity
An increasingly large body of research demonstrates a positive relationship between economic freedom and prosperity. What are the determining factors in this relationship? Is economic freedom the most effective way to pull a nation out of extreme poverty?
Choose one or more of the five component areas of the Fraser Institute’s Economic Freedom of the World report as a case study, and examine the reasons why reform to a nation’s institutions may lead to greater economic growth. Use existing research, economic analysis, and specific examples to support your argument.
The five areas of the index are:
Size of Government: Expenditures, Taxes, and Enterprises
Legal Structure and Security of Property Rights
Access to Sound Money
Freedom to Trade Internationally
Regulation of Credit, Labor and Business
The Fraser Institute’s Economic Freedom of the World research, including the annual report, a sample of papers using the index, and other information is available at http://www.freetheworld.com/, and will serve as a useful starting point for essay research. Students are strongly encouraged to use sources external to the Fraser Institute in their preparation of the essay.
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STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST 2008
The Canadian health care system:
Why is it broken, and how can it be fixed?
Congratulations to the winners of the 2008 Student Essay Contest
The $1,000 1st place winner is:
Reforming Medicare
By Richard Norman, Halifax, Nova Scotia
University of King's College, Journalism, 2008
The $500 2nd place winner is:
Healthcare Crossroads: Pivotal Changes for Reform
By Teri Sproul, Chester, Nova Scotia
Macquarie University, International Communication, 2010
The $250 prize winners in the high school category (tie) are:
The Case for Capitalist Healthcare
By Ty Mills, Calgary, Alberta
St. Mary's High School, Grade 12
Time to Care
By Sarah Morris, Vancouver, British Columbia
York House School, Grade 12
The winning essays will be published in the summer and fall issues of Canadian Student Review.
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