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1. Under threat—the lucrative export of U.S. dollar notes and U.S. Treasury securities

   President Donald Trump’s policies to balance trade and increase employment will likely fail because of an iron law of international economics: If a country spends more on goods and services than it produces, the difference must be ...

2. Determinants of Economic Freedom

   Many studies have shown that economic freedom is a major determinant of countries’ living standards, economic growth, and other indicators of social and economic well-being. This paper is an effort to understand the determinants of economic freedom in ...

3. Beware the hidden costs of bike sharing programs

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun The High Priests of the Green Religion in Vancouver City Hall are about to please their supporters with another innovation that will save Mother Earth from the users of automobiles who poison the atmosphere with carbon ...

4. It's All About Saving Lives?(2)

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun The unions must use a template every time a government announces that it will ax one public service and replace it with one that saves labour and money. We see his again with the debate in Vancouver about closing the ...

5. How to Use the Fiscal Surplus

   When the conference How to Spend the Fiscal Dividend: What is the Optimal Size of Government? was planned in the summer of 1997, the Government of Canada was expected to present a balanced budget in the upcoming fiscal year 1998/99 and, if tax rates and ...