Reading Time: 3 minutes Work on risk assessment, and policy choices that follow, needs to be examined with a more realistic eye
Author: Robert Murphy
Say no to a carbon tax, for the sake of your children
Reading Time: 4 minutes Research shows that only those born 45 years after a carbon tax is implemented will see any benefits that outweigh higher energy prices
Single-use plastic ban won’t solve waste problem
Reading Time: 4 minutes Economic reasoning and basic statistics show that such bans are largely symbolic gestures that come with real downsides
Misguided minimum wage policies hurt low-skilled workers
Reading Time: 3 minutes Most Canadians who earn the minimum wage are not “poor,” and most of the working poor earn more than the minimum wage