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A new update to the MLI Provincial COVID Misery Index has been released by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, and things are looking rosier in Canada as COVID-19 caseloads decline and vaccine…
Read MoreEconomic growth, economic inequality, entrepreneurship: all factors crucially important to understand as we seek to improve our society and better our collective well-being. A new National Bureau of Economic Research…
Read MoreWriting for the Institute for Family Studies, Robert VerBruggen examines a report on the effects of cohabitation law on couple behaviour in Canada. The report is entitled More or Less…
Read MoreJust published last week, the Fraser Institute’s latest book details the history and impact of the influential University of California, Los Angeles’ (UCLA) economics department. It is authored by David…
Read MoreIt is good to favour free markets. A well-functioning financial system is crucial to continuing growth and material prosperity. But advocating for these goods does not preclude us from noticing…
Read MoreAs Canada begins to ease into post-pandemic life, what exactly that life will look like is still to be determined. One particularly contentious issue is the proposal of vaccine passports.…
Read MoreAs trying as the pandemic has been, it would have been even more difficult and disruptive without the recent advancements in our information technology. To some extent or another, we…
Read MoreMassive infrastructure projects are on the horizon as Canada looks to boost our recovering economy and provide lasting benefits to our communities. A new report from Cardus addresses, from the…
Read MoreFinding ways to encourage the vaccine hesitant to get a shot has led to some creative campaigns. But a pair of studies from the Behavior Change for Good Initiative at…
Read MoreThere seems to be a dissonance between the major works of economist and philosopher Adam Smith that scholars have, fittingly, called the “Adam Smith Problem.” Is there an inconsistency between…
Read MoreThe Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Leading Economic Indicator (LEI) has been updated this week, and once again it shows that Canada is experiencing economic growth as it emerges from the pandemic. This…
Read MoreOxyContin first became available in 1996. Since then, opioid deaths have increased five-fold in America. A recent National Bureau of Economic Research paper lays out the stark situation: “Nearly 850,000…
Read MoreCanadians now generate less waste on a per-person basis than we did in 2002, a new Fraser Institute report finds. And that’s despite both a growing population and a growing…
Read MoreThere’s a new Cold War, and just like the last one it has its very own space race. This time the adversary squaring off with the United States of America…
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