The Power of Comprehensive Policy Reform: Lessons for Ontario from Michigan finds that even though both jurisdictions were hard hit during the 2009 recession, Michigan has enjoyed a much more successful recovery in the past 10 years. Crucially, Michigan’s economic success coincides with substantial policy reforms, implemented in 2011, that lowered business taxes, increased worker choice, slowed government spending and reduced state debt.

Property Rights and Prosperity: A Case Study of Westbank First Nation finds that Westbank, a small First Nation in British Columbia’s southern Interior, employs a system of property law that allows band members to buy and sell real estate and generate significant revenue for individuals and the community.

International Student Assessment: Performance and Spending finds that increased education spending in poor countries helps improve student test scores—but in richer countries such as Canada, spending increases have little effect on test scores.