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Below you'll find a list of all posts from August, 2002

The Review – No. 1 of 2002

Vol. 2002, No.1 Highlights from this issue A Tribute to Dr. Milton Friedman (pdf) Dr. Friedman recognized the danger to …

A Tribute to Dr. Milton Friedman

The Nassau Institute dedicates this issue of The Review to Dr. Milton Friedman in honour of his 90th birthday and …

Privatization – the Budget Cure

by Anthony Ferguson & Larry Gibson July 9, 2002 In one of our recent articles, we promised that we would …

Minister of Trade and Industry Attacks Business

The Minister of Trade & Industry, Mr The Minister of Trade & Industry, Mr. Leslie O. Miller, made some “interesting” …

There is all the difference in the world, however, between two kinds of assistance through government that seem superficially similar: first, 90 percent of us agreeing to impose taxes on ourselves in order to help the bottom 10 percent, and second, 80 percent voting to impose taxes on the top 10 percent to help the bottom 10 percent -- William Graham Sumner's famous example of B and C decided what D shall do for A. The first may be wise or unwise, an effective or ineffective way to help the disadvantaged -- but it is consistent with belief in both equality of opportunity and liberty. The second seeks equality of outcome and is entirely antithetical to liberty.