The case for the buy-local movement defies logic
If a family can’t afford dinner at a restaurant because they spent an extra $100 buying local groceries, how much have they benefited the local economy?
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Author: Caitlin Rose Morgante
Universal daycare anti-mother social engineering
The message to homemakers is a slap in the face: hand over your children and enter the workforce if you want funding
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Why we need to make room for alternative lenders
Crackdowns fail to recognize that alternative lenders are the last hope for Canadians shut out of the traditional lending market
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Travel restrictions are one step too far
Crippling airlines, destroying the tourism industry, causing mass layoffs and unemployment, and propelling people into poverty and depression is more than we bargained for
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The hidden costs of feel-good stocks
While ESG corrupts business by entangling it with emotions and non-profit-related metrics, effective altruism applies economic theory and business analysis to charitable organizations
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Why we need to maintain performance-based education
Instead of pursuing the unattainable ideal of academic equality, we should focus on redefining our idea of educational success
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Why a wealth tax in Canada is a horrible idea
We naturally tend to rationalize taxes on others. However, the arithmetic is undeniable: we can’t solve our problems by soaking the rich
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Why smart utility meters are a particularly smart idea right now
Smart meters remove the need for someone to travel to homes to read meters, enabling customers to avoid costs and maintain distance
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Cancel culture leading to an exodus of universities’ free-thinkers
Just as a candle’s flame starved of oxygen sputters and dies, so does the advancement of knowledge when starved of criticism
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