Itself a government-owned enterprise, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) is well-versed in the political pillars of secrecy and moral hazard. This week, CMHC faced controversy over allegations that it is intentionally seeking to conceal information about foreclosure sales from
The following is adapted from a recent presentation at a Mises Toronto Pub night. Let me start off by saying I have a lot respect for Robert Wenzel. Robert Wenzel is the editor and publisher of EconomicPolicyJournal.com, a very popular—and
The motto of the province of Ontario is Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet which, translated from the original Latin, means: “Loyal she began, loyal she remains.” This is an homage to the province’s historical affiliation with the monarchy of Britain. However,
If you have ever had the pleasure of being wrung through a public school system, it’s likely the concept of cultural relativism met your cognizance more than once. The idea that no heritage or custom is better than another is
Reprinted from LewRockwell.com Last year more US troops died by suicide than died in combat in Afghanistan. More than 20 percent of military personnel deployed to combat will develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Some 32 percent of US soldiers reported
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The next Toronto meet is being held at Paupers Pub, on Tuesday March 5th, starting at 7! Meet other fellow travellers in the Austrian tradition. This week features a special guest: Morgan Poliquin, President and CEO of Almaden Minerals, and
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Reprinted from Le Quebecois Libre One morning last summer, I awoke to a terrible pain in my right eye: an unfamiliar tearing, stretching sensation that was more than a little worrisome. That evening, still in pain, I noticed halos around
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Reprinted from Reason.com Rethinking Money: How New Currencies Turn Scarcity Into Prosperity, by Bernard Lietaer and Jacqui Dunne, Berrett-Koehler, 288 pages, $27.95. In the charming town of Great Barrington, among the hills of Berkshire County in western Massachusetts, you can
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In a secretive vote, the International Olympic Committee recently decided not to include wrestling in the 2020 games. The reasoning for the decision was not made clear and the lack of clarity has brought forth a broad amount of criticism.
[This article is excerpted from Liberalism, Chapter 4] Editor’s Note- This is the last chapter of Liberalism. If you have been keeping up with our reprinting of chapters, you have read the whole of the wonderful text! The Future of
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American political culture is full of absurd myths. Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves because of a divine moral imperative and Harry Truman dropping the atomic bomb in the name of saving lives both come immediately to mind. In the realm
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Republished from No Frakking Consensus Greenpeace envisions a new system of global governance – in which unaccountable UN bureaucrats gain “real powers.†The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) publishes a magazine called Our Planet. The February 2013 edition may be downloaded here.
Reprinted from LewRockwell.com Murray Rothbard liked to say that economists often tended to specialize in the area where their knowledge was the worst, and given Paul Krugman’s butchery of the historical record, I’d say Rothbard had a good point. Regular
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Republished from Economic Policy Journal Paul Krugman is at it again. He writes this morning (my highlight): Substance aside — not that substance isn’t important — Austrian economics very much has the psychology of a cult. Its devotees believe that they have access
Reprinted from GaryNorth.com Certain economic ideas that are both logically wrong and unsupported by historical facts, and which have been known to be wrong for 250 years, are still widely held. This annoys economists. There is something that seems inherent
This past weekend, my girlfriend and I decided to kill an afternoon visiting the sundry of attention deficit disorder exhibits, carelessly misbranded museums, on the Washington National Mall. Between the crowds, flashing lights, and pitiful attempts at instilling a sense
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Justin Trudeau is the perceived front-runner for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada. On Saturday, he released a public statement outlining some of his proposed policy initiatives. In this statement, he asserts that his party “must be a
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Imagine if a politician campaigned on changing the laws of physics. Imagine if he went in front of a crowd of supporters and promised to reduce the force of gravity, saying, “We will not take the injustice that Earth has
In September of 2011 I moved to Kingston, Ontario. I lived there for a year, first in the suburbs, then downtown, then in the Queens University “student ghetto.†I particularly liked the last two spots due to their close proximity
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