In my latest Epoch Times column I say there’s a lot more sense in certain calls to “Defund the police” than you might think or than some advocates exhibit.
“The spectacle of economists bringing their awesome mathematical and statistical techniques to bear on the analysis of irrelevant or misleading data can only disgust those for whom the desire to understand reality take precedence over the desire to impress their colleagues with analytic pyrotechnics.”
Robert Higgs Crisis and Leviathan
In my latest National Post column I say we seem to have lost sight of what we’re trying to do on the COVID-19 pandemic, with potentially ominous consequences.
In my latest Loonie Politics column I deplore Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s recent insouciant refusal even to attempt to give serious answers to Pierre Poilievre’s questions about mounting national debt.
“Too large a proportion of recent ‘mathematical’ economics are mere concoctions as imprecise as the initial assumptions they rest on, which allow the author to lose sight of the complexities and interdependencies of the real world in a maze of pretentious and unhelpful symbols.”
John Maynard Keynes The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money
In my latest National Post column I take aim at the political habit of constantly praising diversity in theory while consistently trying to squash it in practice, including in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.
In my latest Loonie Politics column I say now is a very bad time for public sector unions to destroy gig-economy jobs.