“economists are not trying to explain human behavior but to predict what changes will occur, at the margin, in human behavior if the costs and benefits of alternative courses of action change.”

James Q. Wilson and Richard Herrnstein Crime and Human Nature

In my latest National Post column I ask what the point is of trying to build a Conservative Frankenstein’s Monster with blue brain, red heart and green hair, brought to life by a jolt from a polling machine, when conservatism is the reality-based philosophy that believes in coherent rules.

In my latest National Post column I caution people who wish Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would “do something” about the crises facing Canada, from blockades to COVID-19 to the collapse of the Teck Frontier mine, that in his mind emoting is action. What we really need is for him to do something else.

“Don’t be afraid to speak up. Remember, whatever you say about the subject and however fallacious it might be, the same thing has already been said by some eminent economist.”

Ludwig von Mises, quoted from memory by Murray Rothbard in The Essential von Mises

In my latest Loonie Politics column I deny that the outgoing NL premier should feel “great” about his record given the state of provincial finances.