Entrepreneur & Ex Municipal Leader. Cross-disciplinary student of economics, psychology, and philosophy. I prefer local grit and real-world results over vibes.
Thomas Sowell's Basic Economics and Applied Economics offer a better test: resources are scarce, incentives matter, every choice has an opportunity cost, and you have to look beyond the first effect o…
That is the standard I would apply to Manitoba.
François de La Rochefoucauld spent much of his life studying the distance between what people say motivates them and what actually does.
Canada has developed a bad habit of treating reality as something negotiable.
Rand starts with a basic question: what kind of economic system fits human nature?
Mark Carney’s government is developing plans to combat misinformation, strengthen the CBC’s role as an official defender of reliable information, and possibly pursue legal action over allegedly fa…
Mark Carney appears to understand something many political commentators miss: politicians respond to incentives just like everyone else.
That did not mean crime never happened or that every neighbour was a saint. It meant most people assumed the person beside them would follow the basic rules. You could leave your door unlocked, park a…
The debate over modern relationships often begins with culture, but it should begin with human nature.
In 1835, Alexis de Tocqueville noticed something strange in England. It was the richest country in Europe, yet an extraordinary share of its people had become dependent on public assistance. Poorer co…
Tolkien understood power better than most modern political theorists.
A lot of modern nonsense starts with one cute little phrase:
