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Big Tech’s flawed defense

February 16, 2021UncategorizedBig TechLawrence Solomon

The libertarian claim that being ‘private’ should shield companies from government reform doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.

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To protect free markets, curb corporate power

February 11, 2021Uncategorizedcorporate powerOther News Sources

Return corporations to their limited roots and bar them from activities that are none of their business.

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How to reform Big Tech

January 25, 2021UncategorizedBig Tech, Facebook, GoogleLawrence Solomon

Regulating Facebook et al. would only make things worse.

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The monstrous hybrids that control us

January 18, 2021UncategorizedAmazon, Big Tech, Facebook, Google, jane jacobs, monstrous hybrids, TwitterOther News Sources

“Monstrous hybrids,” a term coined by Jane Jacobs, predates the Big Tech of today but describes what they have become and what Jacobs saw as ruinous to society.

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Ontario needs the Swedish model

January 11, 2021Healthcarecoronavirus, lockdown, SwedenLawrence Solomon

When Ontario government models project how many lives lockdowns can save, they don’t count how many lives those lockdowns take, let alone the misery and the economic costs they inflict.

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Don’t count on a coronavirus vaccine any time soon

April 23, 2020Economic Policy, Healthcare, VaccinesCoronavirus Sweden, Coronavirus Update, lockdown, Sweden lockdown, vaccinesLawrence Solomon

It would be foolhardy to base public policy decisions on the unrealistic prospect of a quick-fix vaccine.

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The lockdown should be for the old and vulnerable, no one else

March 26, 2020Healthcarecoronavirus, immunity, Lawrence Solomon, securityLawrence Solomon

Such an approach would inflect relatively little harm to the economy or to the financial security so important to our sense of well-being.

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Britain’s novel approach to coronavirus: Will herd immunity work?

March 25, 2020Healthcare, UncategorizedCovid-19, herd immunity, Lawrence SolomonLawrence Solomon

The debate being played out in Britain is unique; virologists in no other country, certainly not Canada, have brought this issue out in the open.

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Amazon is fleecing taxpayers. Strangely, socialists are the ones saving us

February 25, 2019UncategorizedAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Amazon, free enterpriseLawrence Solomon

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, darling of the left, has done a service to free enterprise.

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Hydro hijinks in Ontario come to natural gas

June 8, 2018EnergyBrady Yauch, Consumer Policy Institute, natural gas, natural gas prices, Ontario Energy, Ontario Energy Board, renewable natural gasconsumerpolicyinstitute

Regulatory principles in Ontario’s gas sector are being eroded and the costs will start to mount for customers. Continue reading Hydro hijinks in Ontario come to natural gas →

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