Reading Time: 3 minutes Saudi Arabia’s anti-women laws require a swift dose of economic freedom, and they’re not alone
Tag: Economic freedom
The modern quest for equality sacrifices freedom
Reading Time: 4 minutes In societies where economic equality exists, individual liberty is highly restricted. Communism is the perfect example
Where the rule of law weakens, freedom wanes
Reading Time: 4 minutes Freedom and democracy are not stand-alone structures. For stability, they require institutional infrastructure, in particular, the rule of law and tolerance
The battle against Airbnb flies in the face of freedom of choice
Reading Time: 3 minutes Everyday people who want to make money from their homes are opposed by unions protecting their members from competition
In Trump’s wake, a new world order can inspire us again
Reading Time: 4 minutes Western values for westerners has a nice ring to it. Let the rest of the world make their own value choices. It sure beats neo-colonial wars in distant lands
Government policies threaten economic freedom in Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes Policy developments at the federal level as well as in Ontario and Alberta threaten Canada’s reputation as a bulwark of economic freedom
Albertans, Americans becoming less free to prosper
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s troubling to see Alberta make policy choices similar to the ones that have undermined economic freedom in the U.S.
Economic freedom and Canada’s public policy schizophrenia
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Trudeau and Notley governments appear intent on repeating B.C.’s mistakes from the 1990s and Ontario’s today
Canada’s political parties economically illiterate
Reading Time: 3 minutes A simple cost/benefit analysis would kibosh many of their proposals