Summary Most of us think that people should act decently toward each other. But what happens when it is argued …
Clarity on Diversity and Pluralism
Summary Language always plays an important role in political and economic discourse, containing, as they do, meanings and connotations of …
Reflections on Indian democracy
The claim that Modi’s victory will create a populist authoritarian regime is maladroit by Deepak Lal In 1990, the American …
Video: Professor Ben Powell on Free Trade in Labor: An Economic Case for Unrestricted Migration
On Wednesday, April 10, 2019, 6:30pm, The Nassau Institute & Templeton Religion Trust in collaboration with the Banking Economics & …
Big Oil lobbying for carbon tax: virtue signaling or taking the moral high ground?
by Jaana Woiceshyn Large oil companies have now joined dozens of large corporations to lobby for U.S. carbon tax, Bloomberg …
Cops and Crime
by Richard Coulson First published in The Tribune. Read it here… Nassau has just recorded 13 killings in 21 days, …
Corporate welfare is immoral
by Jaana Woiceshyn In its recently released budget, the Canadian government announced $6.4 billion of new corporate welfare spending. The …
Another fallacy about capitalism: Coercive monopolies
I recently attended a talk about innovation by a well-known former CEO of a successful Canadian company. His remarks were …
Taylor Industries, R.I.P. Age 74
by Richard Coulson I guess I bought my first light-bulb over 30 years ago in the friendly store facing Shirley …