The Coercive Sector

Oct 28, 2011 by Jason

Words and phrases convey information and meaning.  Words and phrases help us make sense of the world and shape our view of reality.  An incorrect understanding of words and phrases can result in us being misinformed and making poor decisions.  There are two phrases in use today that, I believe,...

Recommended Reading – Friday, October 28th

Oct 27, 2011 by Jason

 Sask Party and NDP Offer Misguided Housing Policies (Frontier Centre)

Make health spending more effective by employing the same approach used for welfare (Macdonald-Laurier Institute)

Misguided by Higher Education (The Daily Reckoning)

What’s Marriage Got to Do With the Economy? (National Review)

Innovation We Need (The American Interest)

Recommended Reading – Thursday, October 27th

Oct 27, 2011 by Jason

Saskatchewan Parties Offer Divergent Visions (Frontier Centre for Public Policy)

Occupy this truth: Worldwide, the rich aren’t getting richer (The Globe and Mail) 

The Morality of Capitalism (Students for Liberty) (E-book)

The Great Green Energy Crack-Up (Forbes)

In Praise of Credit Checks (Mises Institute)

Recommended Reading – Tuesday, October 25th

Oct 25, 2011 by Jason

SK Update: Cost of Party Spending Commitments (Canadian Taxpayers Federation)

Today’s Solons (The Daily Reckoning)

Smash Capitalism and You Destory Civilization (Mises Institute)

Don’t Let Your Kids Grow Up to Be Debt Slaves (Thriving in the 21st Century)

Profits Are for People by Walter Williams (LewRockwell.com)

Random Musings on the Saskatchewan Provincial Election

Oct 21, 2011 by Jason

Sask Party ‘Coke’ vs NDP ‘No Name’ Cola? I don’t really see much difference between the Sask Party and the NDP.   As much as each party would like to be seen as being different than the other, the difference between the two is as much the difference between Coke and No...

Recommended Reading – Wednesday, October 19th

Oct 19, 2011 by Jason

The sad demise of the one-income family (The Globe And Mail)

Did Canada Steal Our Tenth Amendment? (Cato)

EU Leak Shows Wind, Solar Energy to Double Power Bills (The American Interest)

Recommended Reading – Monday, October 17th

Oct 17, 2011 by Jason

Costing out the election promises of the NDP and Sask Party (Canadian Taxpayers Federation)

Why Government Spending Is Bad for Our Economy (Cato)

Who are some of these billionaires anyway? (The Big Picture)

Crisis of Decadence by Mark Steyn (National Review)

What Schumpeter would say about Occupy Wall Street (American Enterprise Institute)

Addicted to Government

Oct 14, 2011 by Jason

For those who were once addicted to some substance or activity– such as alcohol, drugs, or gambling – but broke free of it, there came a time when they realized that their activity was more in control of them than they were in control of their activity.  Often this awakening occurs while...

Recomended Reading – Thursday, October 13th

Oct 13, 2011 by Jason

Grill Your Local Candidate (Canadian Taxpayers Federation)

Competition can reduce the price of generic drugs in Canada (Fraser Institute)

What 18th-centu​ry Scotland and Saskatchew​an have in common (C2C Journal)

The Hidden Premise of Big, Intrusive Government (Independent Institute)

Corporatism and Power to the People (FEE)

Recommended Reading – Saturday, Oct. 8th

Oct 8, 2011 by Jason

Political One Liners (Casey Research)

American Autumn by Mark Steyn (National Review)

The Canadian Dream is easily within reach (Fraser Institute) 

Free Market Sweden, Social Democratic America by Samuel Gregg (The American Spectator)

Entitlements vs. Liberty (Cato)