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Are criminals rational? In his groundbreaking work of 1968, Gary Becker argued that they are. The American economist, who would go on to win the Nobel

Over the last half-century, economics has infiltrated parts of the federal government where it has no business intruding. It can be a useful tool for policymaking, but it’s become the only tool. It’s time for economics to back the hell off.

Senators should reject a "stimulus" bill that is based on 1933 economics and ignores 75 years of research and evidence about how growth is created.

[This article was adapted from a talk delivered at the 2022 Supporters Summit in Phoenix, Arizona.] The international system we live in today is a system composed of numerous states. There are, in fact, about 200 of them, most of which exercise a substantial amount of autonomy and sovereignty.

The iconic 1950s-style ice cream shop, Dairee Delite, in Brantford has been open for almost 70 years and is special to people in the Ontario city, for its sweet treats and colourful history, including an elusive tale about high-stakes poker, with the ice cream stand on the line.