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Rent Control: A Popular Paradox

Essays on the economics of housing in Canada and on the effects of rent control in the United States, the United Kingdom, Austria, France, and Sweden.

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Tax reform would provide much-needed boost for Canada’s stagnant economy

Jake Fuss, Grady Munro

High taxes reduce the reward individuals receive from productive economic activities.

Dismal economic growth prospects should raise alarm bells in P.E.I.

Alex Whalen

Appeared in the Charlottetown Guardian, November 23, 2024

The province's per-person GDP numbers tell a much different story than the aggregate economic growth numbers.

Global fossil fuel use rising despite UN proclamations

Julio Mejía, Elmira Aliakbari

Appeared in the National Post, November 22, 2024

Between 1995 and 2023, global fossil fuel consumption increased by 62 per cent.

UN climate conference—it’s all about money

Kenneth P. Green

Appeared in True North, November 22, 2024

According to some advocates, the world needs $1 trillion in “climate finance” annually.

Ford’s mini-budget keeps Wynne fiscal legacy intact

Ben Eisen, Jake Fuss

Appeared in the Toronto Star, November 21, 2024

Ontario's budget deficit this year will reach $6.6 billion.

Federal government’s latest media bailout another bad idea

Matthew Lau

Appeared in True North, November 21, 2024

The natural inclination is to produce content that will appeal to the customer.

Alberta’s fiscal update projects budget surplus, but fiscal fortunes could quickly turn

Tegan Hill

According to Thursday’s mid-year fiscal update, Alberta’s finances continue to be at risk from volatile resource revenue.

Trudeau’s new tax package gets almost everything wrong

Ben Eisen, Jake Fuss

The newly-announced GST holiday and tax rebate is a grab bag of bad ideas that will not get Canada out of its long-term growth rut.

Broken ‘equalization’ program bad for all provinces

Alex Whalen, Tegan Hill

All provinces except B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan will receive equalization payments this year.

Clock ticking on B.C. government’s debt bomb

Ben Eisen

Appeared in the Western Standard, November 21, 2024

The province's debt this year will exceed $16,000 per person, approximately twice as much as a decade ago.

Ottawa should finally change course after decade of deficits

Jake Fuss, Grady Munro

Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, November 20, 2024

This fiscal year the government will run a projected $39.8 billion budget deficit.

Alberta government should keep AIMCo free from government intervention

Steven Globerman, Tegan Hill

Appeared in the Calgary Sun, November 20, 2024

The government may promise to use pension assets to curry favour with specific voters.

Ottawa’s avalanche of spending hasn’t helped First Nations

Tom Flanagan

Appeared in the Western Standard, November 19, 2024

First Nations who rely less on government transfers tend to achieve higher living standards.

Our ‘public choice’ problem in Canada and the United States

Matthew D. Mitchell

In the U.S., mattress industry lobbyists obtained a 744 per cent tariff on foreign mattresses.

‘Grade inflation’ gives students false sense of their academic abilities

Michael Zwaagstra

Appeared in the Epoch Times, November 16, 2024

We do students no favours when we give them marks they don’t really deserve.

Ottawa’s proposed emission cap lacks any solid scientific or economic rationale

Jock Finlayson, Elmira Aliakbari

Appeared in the Hub, November 15, 2024

The cap would apply only to the oil and gas sector, exempting the remaining 69 per cent of Canada's GHG emissions.

B.C. government should reduce taxes to help revitalize province’s economy

Tegan Hill

Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, November 15, 2024

Since 2019, 89 per cent of all net job creation in B.C. was in government.

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Rent Control: A Popular Paradox

Rent Control: A Popular Paradox