The libertarian claim that being ‘private’ should shield companies from government reform doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.
To protect free markets, curb corporate power
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
Regulating Facebook et al. would only make things worse.
The monstrous hybrids that control us
“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.
Ontario needs the Swedish model
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.
Don’t count on a coronavirus vaccine any time soon
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
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?
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
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
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
