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1. Don’t define compassion by government spending

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald In a recent column in the Edmonton Journal, a local historian mused that modern governments have become too enamoured with “the unfettered market of purely economic conservatism.” He then equated higher taxes and more ...

2. The Proper Size of Government

   Appeared in AEI's The American President Obama has frequently cited the seemingly intractable debate about the size of government currently consuming the political class as his primary obstacle to getting major reforms through a divided Congress. For ...

3. Evidence suggests bigger government isn't better

   Appeared in Globe and Mail’s Economy Lab Government is the single most pervasive institution of modern life and its programs are important to our quality of life. While government spending around the world has grown, more and larger government is not ...

4. Measuring government in the 21st century

   Although markets are the ideal method of resource allocation, government serves a necessary and important function, providing programs and services that affect our quality of life in numerous ways. However, as government spending has grown over the past ...