1.Le calcul économique Dans une économie complexe, la monnaie, les échanges, et la propriété privée des moyens de production permettent le calcul économique. Ainsi, un entrepreneur saura s’il a alloué avec succès les ressources productives à sa disposition en comparant
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The Lamps Are Going Out
Reprinted from Taki’s Magazine Last night the streetlights in my pleasant little English market town were switched off at midnight. In fact they’ve been switching them off at midnight for two months, but I have not been here to notice it. However, in
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Ontario Teachers: A Failure According to Wynne Government
In a great essay, Lawrence Reed points out that government’s constant efforts to reform its own policies is an implicit admission that they couldn’t get things right the first 50 attempts. This is instructive; as Ontario’s political debate now turns
A Letter from Cass Sunstein
From the desk of Cass Sunstein Former Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Former appointment to NSA Advisory Panel March 3, 2014 Hello there citizen! I hope you are enjoying your day. I also hope
Outlawing “Bankruptcy” in Europe
The European Union (EU) is currently discussing banning “bankruptcy.” Not the actual financial act, but the word. Apparently there is a stigma attached to going bankrupt. It leaves people thinking that perhaps you are not credit worthy and that they
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More French Fury
Two years ago, the French government lost its precious AAA bond rating from Standard and Poor’s. Last week the agency cut the beleaguered nation’s credit rating again, this time from AA+ to AA. As recently as August, French President Francois
Forget About Reinhard & Rogoff
Ever since a minor spreadsheet error was discovered in a 2010 study evidencing the plainly obvious fact that increased debt loads hinder economic growth, pundits from the left have been gleefully jumping over this molehill pretending it’s a mountain. Apparently
Lies, Special Interests and Plastic Bags
The environmental movement continues its jack-booted march down the road to serfdom. I normally wouldn’t mind, except that they’re taking us all with them. Before I get in to the meat of this article I think it would help for
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Quebec’s Brownshirts
During the rise of nearly every socialist/fascist regime, one of the ingredients has always been the formation of paramilitary, thuggish organizations that carry out the dirty work of the political leaders. This is necessary to silence dissent and intimidate voters
Privatize the CBC? They can’t even do a proper cost-benefit analysis
The Globe and Mail commented today that the CBC published a consultant’s report showing that the broadcaster “has a $3.7 billion economic impact every year, while a privatized version without the parliamentary grant would produce only $1.1 billion in economic
40 Years of Fiat Currency – Is Gold as ‘Cheap’ as it was in 1971?
Originally Published on http://greshams-law.com/ Monday was the 40th anniversary of the irredeemable fiat dollar. Unlike the preceding 39 anniversaries, this one was actually noticed! Here, I present several charts that show the changes to the Fed’s balance sheet since 1971.
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Enseigner le gouvernement aux enfants
Les enfants sont des êtres curieux. À chaque jour, ils veulent connaître quelque chose de nouveau. Il se pourrait même qu’ils vous questionnent sur le gouvernement. Si cela arrive, plutôt que de vous fier aux contes de fées genre La
Taxer les riches : un non-sens
La misère des riches Les années se suivent et se ressemblent chez les partisans de l’intervention de l’État. Le Centre canadien de politiques alternatives (CCPA) a sorti un rapport1 décriant (encore) que les chefs d’entreprises gagnent trop. En effet,
