On of my greatest bugbears is the abuse of language, for as the Chinese remind us, when words cease to carry clear and definite meaning, we cannot talk successfully to…
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A hilarious video in which two rappers represent F. A. Hayek and John Maynard Keynes! as they argue about the right role for government in dealing with the boom and…
Fearful Symmetry in the Halifax Herald This review first appeared in the Halifax Herald on January 3. It is no longer available online so I’m reproducing it here. Socialist policies…
Economists Gérard Bélanger and Jean-Luc Migué have an interesting piece in the National Post of 5th October arguing against some of the case I make in Fearful Symmetry attributing the…
One of Canada’s most respected social thinkers and a man who has been a great inspiration to me personally, Tom Courchene of Queen’s University, wrote an op-ed in The Globe…
In response to my op-ed about the addition of new seats to the House of Commons in the Globe of 26/9/09, one reader wrote in with a familiar objection: Brian…
I was asked by Andre Pratte, the editor in chief of La Presse, to prepare a brief overview of the argument in Fearful Symmetry about how Ottawa should accommodate Quebec…
In a follow up column to his two-part series on Fearful Symmetry, Globe columnist Neil Reynolds talked about the dissenters among his readership: “In this space last week, economist Brian…