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  1. Canadian Public Spending: The Case for Smaller More Efficient Government

    This study reviews the consequences of the exceptional rise in government spending in Canada that was sustained from World War II through the early 1990s. Our interest is in the economic impact and otherThis study reviews the consequences of the ...

  2. 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 ...

  3. Economic Freedom of the World: 1998-1999 Interim Report

    More than a decade ago, Michael Walker, the Executive Director of The Fraser Institute in Vancouver, Canada, and Nobel laureate Milton Friedman organized a series of conferences with the objective of clearly defining and measuring economic freedom. They ...

  4. Economic Freedom of the World: 1997 Annual Report

    This report is a continuation of an ongoing process designed to develop a comprehensive and accurate measure of economic freedom across countries. The roots of the project go back more than a decade. Motivated by a stimulating discussion concerning the ...

  5. Economic Freedom of the World: 1975-1995

    The central elements of economic freedom are personal choice, protection of private property, and freedom of exchange. The goal of this study is to construct an index that is (a) a good indicator of economic freedom across countries and (b) based on ...

  6. Economic Freedom: Toward a Theory of Measurement

    This is the second book in a series of ongoing discussions exploring economic freedom. This book surveys the philosophical roots of economic freedom, examining the writings of John Locke, Milton Friedman, and Murray Rothbard in an attempt to set the ...

  7. The Supply of Government Services

    The activities of Canadian governments constitute the largest single component of the service sector in Canada. Total expenditures by all levels of government exceeded $234 billion in 1986, accounting for 46 percent of gross national expenditures. This ...