Opec’s economic power is broken, says the unofficial historian of the oil industry, who has argued that the association of oil exporting countries has become irretrievably divided and is unable to reverse the current slump in crude prices. Daniel Yergin, …
Washington Metro Troubles Show Inherit Flaws in Public Transit Management
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority (WMATA) released its SafeTrack plan last week that involves closing parts of some lines for weeks at a time and single tracking other parts of the system. Last month the system shut down all …
Chattanooga nonprofit calls for portable funding in local schools
Recently formed Chattanooga-based non-profit Metro Ideas is hitting the ground running, calling for the city’s school district to adopt student-based budgeting (SBB). Metro Ideas got involved in school finance by analyzing the wildly uneven relationships between school funding and student …
Oklahoma Governor Signs Promising Criminal Justice Reforms
Last week, Oklahoma Governor, Mary Fallin, signed four criminal justice bills aimed at reducing the prison population without compromising public safety. “Our state prisons are filled to well over capacity, so it is crucial that we make some changes to …
Glenn Reynolds: Dear Attorney Generals – Conspiring Against Free Speech Is A Crime
Liberal attorney generals are willing to break the law to shut up climate change dissenters. Federal law makes it a felony “for two or more persons to agree together to injure, threaten, or intimidate a person in any state, territory …
Contraband tobacco an insidious threat to Canadians’ safety MLI paper by Christian Leuprecht
Comprehensive MLI study examines the scale of this complex and controversial issue, and makes innovative policy recommendations OTTAWA, March 31, 2016 – Contraband tobacco and cigarettes are more than just a problem of lost revenue for governments – it is …
Venezuela’s nightmare lost in novel of historical fiction
The gravity of the crisis in Venezuela belies its low profile in English-language media, perhaps because it’s beyond the acute concerns and easy grasp of people in the developed world. This lack of investigation and coverage is tragic because the …
Non-Tariff Measures Hinders Trade: A Case of Nepal, South Asia and European Union
International trade for Nepal, like any other country, is always favorable. Consumers get choices and lower prices, and firms get introduced to better technologies, and cheaper and better factors of production; altogether it is a win-win for all. The freer …
The Beacon – April 2016
The Beacon – April 2016 | Volume XXII, No. 8 The 2016 Federal Budget Reactions to the federal budget are still pouring in. At AIMS we have drawn attention to consequences the federal budget might have on employment and youth. …
Deep-sixing another useful climate myth The vaunted “97% consensus” on dangerous manmade global warming is just more malarkey
David R. Legates By now, virtually everyone has heard that “97% of scientists agree: Climate change is real, manmade and dangerous.” Even if you weren’t one of his 31 million followers who received this tweet from President Obama, you most …
Ryerson men’s issues group takes student union to court after being denied club status
News Release Ryerson men’s issues group takes student union to court after being denied club status April 12, 2016 TORONTO: The Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) has once again denied club status to a student group seeking to discuss issues and views …
Responding to critics of ‘retirement income’ and ‘CPP’ studies
Since 2013, the Fraser Institute has published a number of studies examining aspects of the state of retirement income in Canada, including reforms to the Old Age Security, the true state of retirement income adequacy, the total costs of the …
