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    Michael Rae Research October 17, 2016
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    Michael Rae Opinion September 22, 2016
  • Struggling Ohio Pensions Seek Ways to Cut the Growing Costs

    Michael Rae Politics December 1, 2017
  • Confiance des entreprises et embauches en hausse égale meilleure performance du secteur Canadien des services aux entreprises en 2017

    Michael Rae Research June 20, 2017
  • A Post-Holiday Health Policy Vignette: Eye Surgery

    Michael Rae Analysis January 4, 2017
  • Pembina Institute Annual Financial Report 2016 (publication)

    Michael Rae Energy June 28, 2017
  • You Can’t Go Home Again, but . . .

    Michael Rae Analysis September 22, 2017
  • Opening our eyes to the new energy reality (blog)

    Michael Rae Energy February 28, 2018
  • Smearing the South With False Charges of Racism

    Michael Rae Research September 21, 2016
  • Tata Blames Uncompetitive Energy Prices For UK Steel Crisis

    Michael Rae Energy April 28, 2016
  • Lettre d’amour aux enseignants québécois

    Michael Rae Miscellaneous January 31, 2016

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California Threatens Free Speech with AB-2943

Proposed legislation, AB-2943, making its way through the California legislature, is the latest example of why east coast folks see California as the land of fruit and nuts. Humor aside, it is also why diverse groups such as Orthodox Christians, …

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FDA Restricts Sale of Contraceptive Device

Earlier this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released an order indicating its intent to restrict the sale of the contraceptive device Essure, the only FDA-approved nonsurgical permanent birth control method. Essure is extremely effective, over 99 percent successful, …

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The Other Money Heist

Sometimes fiction offers better lessons in political economy than reality. “Money Heist,” the Spanish TV series that is having a big global impact thanks to Netflix, gives us a very important one (no, I won’t spoil it). The Premise: “The …

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U.S. War Making: What’s in It for You?

If you are an American, have you asked yourself these questions? 1. What purpose of mine is served by the U.S. government’s making war in Iraq? 2. What purpose mine is served by the U.S. government’s making war in Afghanistan? 3. …

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Review: Ready Player One Entertains Using Fear of Tech Oligarchy

Ready Player One seems destined to become another Steven Spielberg classic, serving up a movie that appeals to a wide range of audiences with a solid story, well-crafted characters and engaging adventure from beginning to end. Along the way, viewers …

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Think Twice about Bringing Back U.S. Manufacturing Jobs

We hear a lot of lamentations about the loss of American jobs in manufacturing (notwithstanding that U.S. manufacturing output has never been greater). People purport to want to bring back jobs in factories. I’m not sure a lot of thought …

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Perception and Reality: Why do some countries worry about terrorism more than others?

Fig.1 Which countries are most worried about terrorism? In a global study, Ipsos asked citizens in 27 countries to provide their top three societal issues that caused them worry. Among all global respondents, 17% perceive terrorism as a top three …

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Statism’s First Casualty Is the Truthful Use of Language

Senator Hiram Johnson is credited with having said during World War I, “The first casualty, when war comes, is truth,” and this observation has been made in more or less the same words many times, both before and since Johnson …

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FDA Cracks Down on Online Eye-Exam Company

This past October, the Food and Drug Administration issued a warning letter to Opternative, a company specializing in providing online eye-exams. The FDA has now made its letter public and set up a meeting with Opternative in July to make …

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The FDA Plans to Regulate Nicotine in Cigarettes

In an unprecedented effort, the Food and Drug Administration is working to significantly reduce nicotine levels in cigarettes. In one policy scenario, the FDA would set a limit of 0.4 milligrams of nicotine per gram of tobacco, reducing the typical …

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Making a Statement on Gun Control

In the wake of last month’s school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., which resulted in 17 students and teachers being killed and another 17 injured, gun-control activists, frustrated with their relative failure to enact sweeping bans …

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Against the Whole Concept and Construction of the Balance of International Payments

The root of a great and destructive economic misunderstanding can be traced to an accounting statement known as the balance of international payments. As the name suggests, this accounting statement rests on the idea that nations (in the form of …

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